The relationship between chest tube position in the thoracic cavity and treatment failure in patients with pleural infection: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pleural infection is an infection of the pleural space that is usually treated with antibiotics and source control. Chest tube insertion is the most popular and widely used drainage technique. We typically attempt to place the tube at the bottom of the thoracic cavity to consider the effects of gravity; however, the effectiveness of this practice is not well-defined. Therefore, we aimed to examine whether the position of the tip of the thoracic tube affects treatment failure in patients with pleural infection.

Methods

In this retrospective observational study, patients with pleural infection who underwent thoracic tube insertion were divided into two groups: those with the tip of the tube positioned below the 10th thoracic vertebra at the level of the diaphragm (l

SUBMITTER: Taniguchi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9490893 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature