Other cases may require medical intervention involving a needle decompression treatment or chest tube insertion that allows ...

allowing more room for the remaining healthy lung to expand. For the first day or so, a chest tube is left in to help adhere the once deflated lung to the chest wall (pleural symphysis). The tube will ...

They’ll spread your ribs apart to remove a lobe of your lung and take a biopsy — carefully breaking or dividing a rib, if needed. A small chest tube is left in to expand your lung once they ...

Three chest tubes are placed at the top, and a right-angled tube is placed along the diaphragm to control air leaks that are anticipated and should permit full refilling of the lung. Sugarbaker DJ, ...

Placement of a chest tube may be necessary for management ... and adhesions that may form between the tube and the surface of the lung, obstructing the tube's openings. If the tube has been ...