MODIFIED APPROACH FOR INTERPLEURAL

- Interpleural analgesia provides effective, excellent quality and rapid pain relief after both traumatic chest lesions and unilateral thoracotomy incisions.- Interpleural catheter inserted through a chest tube is easier, simpler, less time consuming and more comfortable to the patient than classic interpleural analgesia.- Interpleural catheter inserted through a chest tube is simple and safe method, which could be applied in all hospitals for management of pain associated with rib fractures or unilateral chest incisions in the presence of a chest tube.