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An ultrasound of the chest will show the amount of fluid and its
Video-assisted thoracic surgery:
exact location.
Your surgeon will remove the
affected tissue around your lung Blood tests can help check your white blood cell count, look for
Thoracostomy: In this
and then insert a drainage tube or the C-reactive protein, and identify the bacteria causing the
Treatment is aimed at removing procedure, your doctor will
use medication to remove the infection. White cell count can be elevated when you have an
the pus and fluid from the pleura insert a plastic tube into your
fluid. They will create three small infection.
and treating the infection. chest between two ribs. Then
incisions and use a tiny camera
Antibiotics are used to treat the they’ll connect the tube to a During a thoracentesis, a needle is inserted through the back of
called a thoracoscope for this
underlying infection. The specific suction device and remove the your ribcage into the pleural space to take a sample of fluid. The
process.
type of antibiotic depends on fluid. They may also inject fluid is then analyzed under a microscope to look for bacteria,
Open decortication: In this
what type of bacteria is causing medication to help drain the protein, and other cells.
surgery, your surgeon will peel
the infection. fluid.
away the pleural peel.