Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2015
A patient was delivered to a surgical department after a road accident with a closed trauma of chest and right-sided rib fracture. The patient was diagnosed with right-sided pneumothorax; it is indicated to perform drainage of pleural cavity. Pleural puncture should be made:
Answer options
- In the projection of pleural sinus
- In the 7th intercostal space along the scapular line
- In the point of the greatest dullness on percussion
- In the 6th intercostal space along the posterior axillary line
- In the 2nd intercostal space along the middle clavicular line
Correct answer
In the 2nd intercostal space along the middle clavicular line
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