[Pleural biopsies and pleural drainage: interventional radiology].
Interventional radiography performed for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes enables specific orientation of the diagnostic and/or therapeutic interention under radiographic guidance. This minimally invasive approach reduces intervention related morbidity. Mortality remains exceptional. Pleural biopsies and pleural drainage are two interventional procedures performed as routine practices in many centers.
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Service de Radiologie, CHU Rangueil-Larrey, 1, avenue Jean-Poulhès, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9. chabbert.v@chu-toulouse.fr
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