UMEM Educational Pearls
Emergency Medicine
Category: Trauma
Keywords: Chest tube henothorax (PubMed Search)
Posted: 10/8/2023 by Robert Flint, MD (Updated: 7/21/2026)
This article reminds us that using a small bore chest tube to drain traumatic hemothorax is supported by small studies and the Easterm Society for the Surgery in Trauma.
Large-bore versus small-bore chest drains in traumatic haemopneumothorax: an international survey of current practice