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(Chest. 1972;61:303-304.)
© 1972 American College of Chest Physicians

A New Reliable Instrument for Pleural Biopsy

Rafael J. Ballestero M.D.1

1 Staff physician, A. G. Holley State Hospital, Lantana, Florida

The Ballestero needle features an oval shaft with eccentric stylette, allowing 90° rotation of the cutting tip after pleural penetration. On withdrawal, the misaligned tip produces easily palpable hooking on the pleura. The tip is held against the pleura; the shaft-cutting jaw is rotated to alignment; the jaws are closed and the instrument is withdrawn.






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