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Results 1 - 2 of 2 for Thoracentesis
  1. ... health problems. Other names: pleural fluid aspiration, diagnostic thoracentesis, pleural fluid tap, pleural fluid culture, pleural fluid ... needle. This is done with a procedure called thoracentesis. The procedure may be done in a doctor's ...
  2. ... flows around your brain and spinal cord A thoracentesis to remove fluid in the chest A paracentesis ...