Self-closed thoracic drainage needle in the treatment of traumatic pneumothorax value of.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 6 Self-closed thoracic drainage needle in the treatment of traumatic pneumothorax value of [Keywords:] traumatic pneumothorax closed thoracic drainage of technological innovation May 2007 -2008 year in February our hospital self-closed thoracic drainage needle treatment of traumatic pneumothorax, 19 cases are reported as follows. A clinical data 1.1 General Information The group of 19 patients, male 13 cases, female 6 cases, aged 18 to 83 years old, with an average (39.83 ± 21.87) years of age. Was injured and hospitalized 30 min ~ 3 h, an average of (1  3 ± 1.8) h. Injury causes: traffic accidents in 18 cases, a knife stabbed in 1 case. The whole group of patients were combined rib fractures (unilateral 17 cases, bilateral in 2 cases), were combined hemopneumothorax left in 8 cases, the right side in 10 cases, bilateral in 1 case. Other associated injuries: eight cases of clavicular fracture, cerebral contusion and laceration in 6 cases, 2 cases of pelvic fractures, limb fractures in 10 cases, one cases of diaphragmatic hernia, splenic rupture in 1 case. The whole group of patients underwent blood oxygen saturation monitoring. The whole group of patients underwent closed thoracic drainage needle made simple closed thoracic drainage, first-line chest X-ray examination, there is a clearly-pneumothorax, in the middle two intercostal clavicle to conduct simple closed thoracic drainage, the existence of 16 cases of obvious hemothorax patients, while axillary line 6 intercostal be simple closed thoracic drainage, after 2 h to re-shoot chest contrast, such as the effect of poor, regular closed thoracic drainage. Associated with diaphragmatic hernia in 1 patient was in the clear after 2 h for thoracotomy diaphragmatic hernia repair, surgery also found that the rupture. 1.2 Equipment and methods 1.2.1 Equipment (1) self-closed thoracic drainage needle, designed for my unit, is divided into two parts: the outer tube (medical plastic casin