Skip to main content
. 2004 Dec;21(4):247–258. doi: 10.1055/s-2004-861559

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Artificial window creation. Normal saline and/or local anesthetic can be injected or infused into the extrapleural space to create an artificial and larger window for needle access. Series of intraprocedural images demonstrate paravertebral access to an enlarged subcarinal lymph node by saline injection into the paravertebral extrapleural space.