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Descriptor
English
:
Thoracostomy
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Toracostomía
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Toracostomia
Tree Number:
E04.579.918
E04.928.755
Definition
English
:
Surgical procedure involving the creation of an opening (stoma) into the chest cavity for
drainage
; used in the treatment of
PLEURAL EFFUSION
;
PNEUMOTHORAX
;
HEMOTHORAX
; and
EMPYEMA.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not confuse with
THORACOTOMY
See Related
English
:
Chest Tubes
History Note
English
:
88
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
CL
classification
CT
contraindications
EC
economics
ED
education
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MT
methods
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PX
psychology
RH
rehabilitation
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
UT
utilization
VE
veterinary
Record Number:
23038
Unique Identifier:
D013907
Occurrence in VHL
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