Types of inpatient and outpatient apheresis procedures provided at Inova include Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP), Leukapheresis (White Blood Cell Depletion), Plasmapheresis (Therapeutic Plasma Exchange), Plateletpheresis (Platelet Depletion), Red Blood Cell (RBC) Exchange and Therapeutic Phlebotomy. Below you can find detailed descriptions of each including reasons a patient might need a particular treatment, what happens during the procedure, amount of time required for each procedure, risks and benefits.