Q: What is
"Safe Triangle" to insert chest tube?
Answer: British
Thoracic Society recommends the tube is inserted in an area described as the
"safe triangle", a horizontal line at the level of the nipple and two muscles of
the chest wall i.e., latissimus dorsi and pectoralis major.
Reference:
Laws, D. "BTS guidelines for the insertion of a chest drain".
Thorax 58 (90002): 53ii–59
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