High correlation of lung ultrasound and chest X-ray after tube drainage in patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax: can we omit X-rays for tube management?

Conclusions For all time points except the third, we can safely reject the null hypothesis, thereby arriving at the conclusion that lung ultrasound can substitute chest X-rays after tube drainage of PSP.

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10353-015-0333-9

Source: European Surgery - July 17, 2015 Category: Surgery Source Type: research