Placement of a chest tube may be necessary for management of pleural space disease in mammals. This column describes two accepted techniques for thoracostomy tube placement in the dog. A thoracostomy ...

Tube thoracostomy is a minimally invasive procedure in which a drainage catheter is placed percutaneously into the pleural space. Equipment consists of a sterile set of instruments, local anesthetic, ...

A 54-year-old man with a history of cirrhosis following liver transplantation presented with shortness of breath and was found to have a right-sided pleural effusion secondary to pulmonary infection.

PleuraFlow Active Clearance Technology (ACT; ClearFlow) is a chest drain that incorporates a tube clearance system. It comprises a silicone chest tube and the PleuraFlow clearance apparatus. The ...

Horner's syndrome is a well-recognized complication of various thoracic surgical procedures. We present a case of Horner's syndrome that had arisen as the complication of chest drain migration in the ...