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Antonija Posted 17 years ago
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Hello!
1) Is it OK to say: 'The study aimed to compare?' Should I use 'The aim of this study was...'?
2) Is it OK to use two different expressions: 'objective' and 'aim' here?
3) Which article should I put before Chest tube thoracostomy if it is mentioned for the first time in the text? A?
Thank you in advance

Objective: Chest tube thoracostomy is a standard procedure for pleural fluid and air drainage. This study aimed to compare the success rate of the targeted tube thoracostomy using two different techniques: a targeted wire guided (TWG) technique and a classical surgical (CS) technique.
  

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1) Either is fine. 2) Yes, it's fine; in fact it's positively a good thing (rather than, say, repeating "aim"). 3) I prefer no article, as you've written it.

— Mr Wordy

  • 1) Either is fine.
  • 2) Yes, it's fine; in fact it's positively a good thing (rather than, say, repeating "aim").
  • 3) I prefer no article, as you've written it.
  • I would also remove "the" before "targeted tube thoracostomy", assuming "targeted tube thoracostomy" is the name of a type of procedure.
  • "a targeted wire-guided (TWG) technique and a classical surgical (CS) technique" might be better as " the targeted wire-guided (TWG) technique and the classical surgical (CS) technique".
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1) Either is fine.

2) Yes, it's fine; in fact it's positively a good thing (rather than, say, repeating "aim").

3) I prefer no article, as you've written it. I would also remove "the" before "targeted tube thoracostomy", assuming "targeted tube thoracostomy" is the name of a type of procedure.

"a targeted wire-guided (TWG) technique and a classical surgical (CS) techniq
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