1. Left pleural effusion after coronary artery bypass decreases with a supplemental pleural drain 
Maryann Payne, MD, George J Magovern, MD, Daniel H Benckart, MD, Alexander Vasilakis, MD, Gary W Szydlowski, MD, John C Cardone, MD, Gary C Marrone, MD, John A Burkholder, MD, James A Magovern, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 73, Issue 1, Pages (January 2002)
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2. Fig 1
The flexible drainage system, consisting of a silastic drain and a collection bulb. The quarter is shown as a size reference.
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3. Fig 2
A cross-section of the chest tube (left), the silastic drain (center), and the section of the silastic drain that exits through the skin (right). The silastic drain is smaller and softer than the chest tube.
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