How to decrease the chance of injury to an intercostal artery or vein during thoracostomy tube placement

How to decrease the chance of injury to an intercostal artery or vein during thoracostomy tube placement?

Place the tube just superior to a rib to avoid the neurovascular bundle that is located near the inferior aspect of each rib.

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