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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.
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.
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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.

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