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==Planning==
===Choice of procedure===
Pigtail catheter insertion is an effective and safe method of draining pleural fluid. We encourage its use for all cases of pleural effusion requiring chest drain except for empyema and other loculated pleural effusions that yielded low success rate. Future studies are needed to compare pigtail catheter and other small bore drains with and without using Seldinger technique.<ref name="BediwyAmer2012">{{cite journal|last1=Bediwy|first1=Adel Salah|last2=Amer|first2=Hesham Galal|title=Pigtail Catheter Use for Draining Pleural Effusions of Various Etiologies|journal=ISRN Pulmonology|volume=2012|year=2012|pages=1–6|issn=2090-5777|doi=10.5402/2012/143295}} [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY license]</ref>
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==Planning==
===Choice of procedure===
Pigtail catheter insertion is an effective and safe method of draining pleural fluid. We encourage its use for all cases of pleural effusion requiring chest drain except for empyema and other loculated pleural effusions that yielded low success rate. Future studies are needed to compare pigtail catheter and other small bore drains with and without using Seldinger technique.<ref name="BediwyAmer2012">{{cite journal|last1=Bediwy|first1=Adel Salah|last2=Amer|first2=Hesham Galal|title=Pigtail Catheter Use for Draining Pleural Effusions of Various Etiologies|journal=ISRN Pulmonology|volume=2012|year=2012|pages=1–6|issn=2090-5777|doi=10.5402/2012/143295}} [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY license]</ref>
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