title: Veres needle in the pleural space.
abstract: The Veres needle is designed to allow entry into body cavities without trauma to underlying organs. Its major use has been in the induction of a pneumoperitoneum for peritoneoscopy. An initial successful evaluation of its use was in the pleural space of dogs. A subsequent analysis of complications in 69 thoracenteses using the Veres needle and 152 thoracenteses using a conventional needle favored the Veres needle (P = .05). We believe that the Veres needle is a safe and technically superior instrument for thoracentesis and that it deserves further application and study.
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology; D011677:Punctures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012189:Retrospective Studies