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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Therapeutic aspiration may be sufficient; larger effusions may require insertion of an intercostal drain (either pigtail or surgical). Repeated effusions may require chemical (talc, bleomycin, tetracycline/doxycycline) or surgical [[pleurodesis]], in which the two pleural surfaces are attached to each other so that no fluid can accumulate between them. | ==Surgery== | ||
Therapeutic [[aspiration]] may be sufficient; larger effusions may require insertion of an [[intercostal]] drain (either pigtail or surgical). Repeated effusions may require chemical ([[talc]], [[bleomycin]], [[tetracycline]]/[[doxycycline]]) or surgical [[pleurodesis]], in which the two pleural surfaces are attached to each other so that no fluid can accumulate between them. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Surgery
Therapeutic aspiration may be sufficient; larger effusions may require insertion of an intercostal drain (either pigtail or surgical). Repeated effusions may require chemical (talc, bleomycin, tetracycline/doxycycline) or surgical pleurodesis, in which the two pleural surfaces are attached to each other so that no fluid can accumulate between them.