Doctors can extract synovial fluid from joints using needle aspiration. This procedure is arthrocentesis or synovial fluid analysis, and the doctor can perform it right in the examination room. The fluid is sent to a lab or hospital for testing as part of the diagnostic procedure for numerous conditions and injuries of the joints and can also help diagnose more general bleeding and inflammatory disorders.

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