Thoracentesis is a procedure in which a doctor uses a needle and catheter to remove excess fluid from the space between your lungs and the wall of your chest, known as the pleural space. You might ...

A procedure which aims to extract built-up fluid from between the heart,lungs and chest wall via a long, thick needle, thoracentesis will cost you upwards of two hundred thousand if not covered by ...

THIS report concerns injury to the diaphragmatic vessels by the needle used for thoracentesis. Only three cases have been reported, to our knowledge: one by Elkin, 1 another, which will be described ...