Chest tube bottle suction systems

(A) One-bottle chest drainage system.
(B) Two-bottle chest drainage system.
(C) Three-bottle chest drainage system.

Modified from:

Zisis C, Tsirgogianni K, Lazaridis G, et al. Chest drainage systems in use. Ann Transl Med 2015; 3:43.
Al Dameh A, Lebenthal A, McNamee CJ. Techniques for Pleural Drainage and Chest Tube Management. In: Adult Chest Surgery, 2nd ed, Sugarbaker DJ, Bueno R, Colson Y, et al (Eds), McGraw-Hill Education, New York 2015.
Santhosh L, Broaddus VC. Chest Tube Complications. PSNet 2017. Available at: https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/chest-tube-complications?q=/webmm/case/411.
Joseph KT. Tube Thoracostomy. In: Emergency Medicine Procedures, 2nd ed, Reichman EF (Ed), McGraw-Hill Education, New York 2013.

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