Thoracic Surgery Chest Tube Drainage

Pleuraltubein for 3+ months drainage 250 cc's 5 days apart. Is a forever result of radiation rx 10 years ago? ... View answer

im scared of having s chest tube done ... View answer

[WHAT TYPE OF DOCTOR CAN HELP ME IF MY LYMPHAMPATIC SYSTEM IS LEAKING SEVERLY AFTER SURGERY IVE HAD ACHEST TUBE FOR 2 YEARS DRAINING 100 CC DAILY] View answer

[I had a T12 burst fracture & surgery to repair in Nov 2012. The Thoracic Surgeons made the incision anterior, removed two ribs, then around to the posterior spine, so the neurosurgeons could remove all the pieces of the... View answer

At 23 I had a bronchogenic cyst removed by thoracic surgery . I am now 54 and have 2nd bronchogenic cyst. It is behind my esophogus, 2.3 cm round and 7 cm long. Surgeon wants to aspirated only. Most ... View answer

i had thoracic surgery and during procedure have a broken rib in my back area between scar and chest tube slits. My surgeon said it was normal for the area in the front below my breast area to... View answer

I have to have thoracic surgery have a severe hiatal hernia over half of my stomach in in my diaphragm and is pressing on my lungs and there is also a hernia in my esophagus .Will I have to have major ... View answer

Ckontracted vaginal herpes in the 1980s. Then stupidly took the innoculation for people who DID NOT have a case of herpes. Sores stopped. I then woke up from a 6th thoracic surgery, paraplegic and with ... View answer

Had thoracic surgery 5 weeks ago...when I wake up my blood pressure is 127/78 around that. My heart rate is 75 bpm. Howevery I went grociery shopping, and out to dinner, when I got home my heart rate was ... View answer

sarcoidosis of the lungs. He has had the chest tube taken out and reinserted for the second time. my question is how often should they reinsert the chest tube and what should be the dr s next... View answer