TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Techniques for Pleural Drainage and Chest Tube Management A1 - Al Dameh, Ali O.M. A1 - Lebenthal, Abraham A1 - McNamee, Ciaran J. A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Colson, Yolonda L. A2 - Jaklitsch, Michael T. A2 - Krasna, Mark J. A2 - Mentzer, Steven J. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Adult Chest Surgery, 2e AB - The concept of chest tube drainage was first advocated by Hippocrates when he described the treatment of empyema by means of incision, cautery, and insertion of metal tubes.1 The technique was not widely used until the influenza epidemic of 1917 which saw an increased use of intercostal drainage for postpneumonic empyema.2 The use of chest tubes was imperative in the management of World War II causalities requiring thoracotomy and was reported in 1922 for postoperative care.3 The concept of emergency thoracostomy for acute trauma gained wider popularity following the Korean War in 1945.4 Today the use of chest tubes is part of the day-to-day management of acute trauma and care of thoracic surgery patients. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105838229 ER -