Chest tube

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Notion

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

A chest tube (also chest drain, thoracic catheter, tube thoracostomy or intercostal drain) is a surgical drain that is inserted through the chest wall and into the pleural space or the mediastinum. The insertion of the tube can be lifesaving.

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