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Descriptor English:   Thoracostomy 
Descriptor Spanish:   Toracostomía 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Toracostomia 
Tree Number:   E04.579.918
E04.928.755
Definition English:   Surgical creation of an opening (stoma) into the chest cavity for drainage; used in the treatment of pleural effusion, pneumothorax, hemothorax and empyema. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not use /util except by MeSH definition; do not confuse with THORACOTOMY
See Related English:   Chest Tubes
 
History Note English:   88 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
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methods nursing
psychology rehabilitation
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trends utilization
veterinary  
Record Number:   23038 
Unique Identifier:   D013907 

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