Re-discovering the heimlich valve: Old wine in a new bottle

Re-discovering the heimlich valve: Old wine in a new bottle

A 14-year-old boy came to our outpatient department with pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. He was found to have a loculated empyema on the right side. He was taken up for surgery and decortication was done. He developed air leak in the postoperative period. When the air leak did not settle until the...

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Main Authors: Ajay Narasimhan, Shivanraj Ayyanathan, Rajavenkatesh Krishnamoorthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Lung India
Subjects:
Decortications
empyema
Heimlich valve
intercostal drainage
underwater seal
Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2017;volume=34;issue=1;spage=70;epage=72;aulast=Narasimhan

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