##  [Thoracostomy Tube](/thoracostomy-tube) 

  ##  [Thoracostomy Tube](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/thoracostomy-tube-0) 

  

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Definition

A tubular drainage device inserted through the chest wall into the pleural space to evacuate air, blood, or other pleural fluid and to re‑establish continuous intrapleural drainage and allow lung re‑expansion and physiologic pleural pressure relationships.