thoracentesis

A few days after thoracentesis, the effusion will begin to reform.

The procedure to remove fluid in the chest is called thoracentesis.

Fluid is first removed by thoracentesis, using a chest tube.

This is done using a procedure called thoracentesis, or needle aspiration.

Some of these patients required thoracentesis or pleurodesis to treat the effusions.

Most effusions will reaccumulate a few days after thoracentesis.

A photo gallery of thoracentesis showing the procedure step-by-step.

Many paramedics can perform needle thoracentesis to relieve intrathoracic pressure.

Some diagnostic procedures, such as venipuncture, paracentesis, and thoracentesis can be painful.

You may feel some pressure and slight localized pain when the thoracentesis needle enters the pleural space.

Thoracentesis to take a sample of the fluid around your lungs to evaluate the type of any abnormal cells.

Pleural fluid is drawn out of the pleural space in a process called thoracentesis.

Possible complications of thoracentesis include the following:

Pleurodesis is commonly used to treat fluid buildup around your lung that returns after repeated thoracentesis.

Thoracentesis: The removal of fluid from the space between the lining of the chest and the lung, using a needle.

Repeated thoracentesis has risks, however, including bleeding, infection, collapsed lung, fluid in the lungs, and low blood pressure.

This procedure is called thoracentesis.

See pictures of pleural effusion and thoracentesis .

In a procedure called thoracentesis, a doctor inserts a needle and a catheter between the ribs, into the pleural space.

If a pleural effusion is present, a cytologic diagnosis is frequently possible using thoracentesis.

Examples include thoracentesis and incision and drainage.

During thoracentesis, a needle or a thin, hollow, plastic tube is inserted through the ribs in the back of the chest into the chest wall.

Pleural effusions: Pleural aspiration by thoracentesis or chest drain.

To distinguish an empyema from the more common simple parapneumonic effusion, the fluid may be collected with a needle (thoracentesis), and examined.

In case of pleural effusion thoracentesis is performed for examination of pleural fluid.