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Triangle of safety. The triangle of safety is bordered by the lateral edge of the pectoralis major, the lateral edge of the latissimus dorsi, the fifth intercostal space, and the base of the axilla. The British Thoracic Society recommends that pleural aspiration should occur within the triangle of safety. Reprinted with permission of the British Medical Journal [62].
