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. 2016 Sep 29;47(5):606–610. doi: 10.1007/s00595-016-1414-5

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

In group B (no chest drain), air evacuation was achieved by temporarily inserting a nasogastric (NG) tube into the pleural cavity with a bowl of aseptic water as the water seal system. The NG tube was removed when there was no air leak during lung inflation