Shabih Manzar*
Volume1-Issue5
Dates: Received: 2020-08-10 | Accepted: 2020-09-25 | Published: 2020-09-26
Pages: 173-174
Abstract
Misadventure of the chest tube has been described in the literature resulting in complications [1-5]. Here we present a case of right pneumothorax in a preterm infant (Figure 1A). The pneumothorax was appropriately treated with a right pigtail inserted using the Seldinger technique (Figure 1B).
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DOI: 10.37871/jbres1139
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Manzar S. Free Kick but that was not the Goal. J Biomed Res Environ Sci. 2020 Sep 26; 1(5): 173-174. doi: 10.37871/jbres1139, Article ID: jbres1139
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