Cope Needle Pleural Biopsy: Is There a Place for This Procedure in Video-Thoracoscopy Times? Thiago Bachichi, MD; Caio Holanda, MD; Luiz Eduardo Leão, PhD; João Aléssio Perfeito, PhD; José Ernesto Succi, MD; Erika Rymkiewicz, MD; André Miotto, MD INTRODUCTION: Pleural biopsy is the standard diagnostic tool when exploring pleural effusion and thickening. Cope needle biopsy was classically the first choice method for diagnostic search. Needle pleural methods for obtaining pleur