Thoracic surgerySpecial
Thoracic drainage system with water seal
Three-chamber system (collection, water seal and suction control) connected to a pleural drainage tube.
How it is used
Draining air, blood or fluid from the pleural cavity after thoracic surgery, preventing air entry during inspiration.
Sources
This entry is part of the Instriq catalog, researched and written per specialty from real web research -- never generated or invented without verification -- and reviewed skeptically and independently before publication. How this catalog is written.
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-09-29.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.