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Radiology, Vol 152, 335-341, Copyright © 1984 by Radiological Society of North America

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Serious complications following transgression of the pleural space in drainage procedures

CC Neff, PR Mueller, JT Ferrucci Jr, SL Dawson, J Wittenberg, JF Simeone, RJ Butch and N Papanicolaou

Transgression of the parietal pleura may occur during placement of interventional drainage catheters into the liver and upper abdomen, and occasionally results in lethal complications. In a review of nearly 2,000 such procedures, four deaths were found to be related directly to pleural transgression from biliary drainage. Therefore, the anatomy of the pleura pertinent to abdominal needle or catheter insertion was analyzed. In 14 cadavers examined after intercostal needle insertion into the liver, needles inserted through the 9th intercostal space or higher punctured the pleura in all but one cadaver. Radiologic studies of 15 clinical cases revealed that elderly patients rarely depressed the diaphragm below the 9th intercostal space, which increases the risk of unsuspected puncture of the pleura. Review of clinical material revealed that diagnostic needle puncture through the parietal pleura carries far less risk than placement of a long-term drainage catheter. Methods to avoid puncture of the pleura, as well as the technical problems involved in such maneuvers, are given.


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