Thoracentesis is a procedure in which a doctor uses a needle and catheter to remove excess fluid from the space between your lungs and the wall of your chest, known as the pleural space. You might ...

A man in his 70s died from an injury suffered during a chest drain procedure after heart surgery. A junior doctor caused an injury to a patient’s spleen when he attempted to insert a drain into the ...

Horner's syndrome is a well-recognized complication of various thoracic surgical procedures. We present a case of Horner's syndrome that had arisen as the complication of chest drain migration in the ...