Showing posts with label Postoperative thoracic surgery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Postoperative thoracic surgery. Show all posts

Saturday, 25 August 2012

Postoperative thoracic surgery

Negative pressure may be applied to the chest drainage tube of the affected hemithorax in the following circumstances EXCEPT which one?

a) Post-pneumonectomy
b) Known bronchopleural fistula
c) Known haemothorax
d) Known empyema
e) Post-oesophagectomy