Evaluation of performance of two different chest ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由CMOrtner著作·2012·被引用9次—Chesttubeinsertionwasperformedwiththefollowingtwokits:Kit1:TheTyco®tubethoracostomyunit(Tyco®ThoracicTrocaranddrain,Athlone ...

Emergent placement of a chest tube is a potentially life-saving procedure, but rate of misplacement and organ injury is up to 30%. In principle, chest tube insertion can be performed by using Trocar or Non-trocar techniques. If using trocar technique, two different chest tubes (equipped with sharp or blunt tip) are currently commercially available. This study was performed to detect any difference with respect to time until tube insertion, to success and to misplacement rate.

Twenty emergency physicians performed five tube thoracostomies using both blunt and sharp tipped tube kits in 100 fresh human cadavers (100 thoracostomies with each kit). Time until tube insertion served as primary outcome. Complications and success rate were examined by pathological dissection and served as further outcomes parameters.

Difference in mean time until tube insertion (63s vs. 59s) was statistically not significant. In both groups, time for insertion ...