Pleural pigtail catheter
A small-bore, flexible catheter with a coiled, pigtail-shaped distal tip and multiple side holes, inserted using a Seldinger technique.
How it is used
Used as a less invasive alternative to a conventional chest tube to evacuate a pneumothorax or a simple pleural effusion.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-05.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.