Stopped: It was not possible to achieve adequate recruitment to complete the necessary sample. The rate at which patients are recruited does not allow for continued participation
The primary treatment for traumatic hemothorax, is a thoracostomy tube. Some of these patients develop a clotted hemothorax by insufficient drainage. This complication needs surgical resolution and can generate an empyema. One strategy to reduce this complication is pleural suction under sedation before the thoracostomy tube. The aim of the study is define if the procedure really lower the incidence of clotted hemothorax. The investigators design and open label, randomized, interventional study, comparing the realization of the pleural suction and thoracostomy tube alone
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Clotted hemothorax
Timeframe: One month
Empyema
Timeframe: One month