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Amount of ascites impacts survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing transarterial chemoembolization advocating for volumetric assessment

open access: yesScientific Reports
Preliminary work has shown that portal hypertension plays a key role for the prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) undergoing transarterial chemoembolization (TACE).
Lukas Müller   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Male Infant with Congenital Chylous Ascites Accompanied by Hypertension

open access: yesErciyes Medical Journal, 2020
Background: Congenital chylous ascites is a condition that arises from a disorder of the abdominal lymphatic system. Case Report: In this case study, a nine-month-old infant diagnosed with congenital chylous ascites in the newborn period presented with ...
Derya Altay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

When Ascites Is Not Ascites!

open access: yesCureus
Patients presenting with ascites should be properly evaluated to differentiate potential etiologies. Then, based on the evaluation, we can tailor more accurate treatment plans for patients. Cirrhosis is the most common cause, and others include cancer, heart failure, and, in our case, rarely a visceral artery rupture.
Yang, Mei   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Ascitic Fluid Analysis in the Differential Diagnosis of Ascites: Focus on Cirrhotic Ascites [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology, 2014
Ascites is the pathologic accumulation of fluid within the peritoneal cavity. Because many diseases can cause ascites, in particular cirrhosis, samples of ascitic fluid are commonly analyzed in order to develop a differential diagnosis. The concept of transudate versus exudate, as determined by total protein measurements, is outdated and the use of ...
Huang, Lin-Lin   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Risk Factors for Small‐for‐Size Syndrome Grade B/C After Simultaneous Splenectomy in Adult Living‐Donor Liver Transplantation

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
In a single‐center cohort of 577 adult LDLT recipients who underwent simultaneous splenectomy, clinically significant SFSS grade B/C (ILTS‐iLDLT‐LTSI 2023) occurred in 18.2% and was associated with inferior graft survival. Multivariate analysis identified MELD ≥ 30, NLR ≥ 4.5, and donor age ≥ 50 years as independent risk factors, which risk rising ...
Kyohei Yugawa   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

2017 Korean Association for the Study of the Liver (KASL) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Ascites and Related Complications: What Has Been Changed from the 2011 KASL Clinical Practice Guidelines?

open access: yesThe Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2018
Ascites is a common complication in patients with liver cirrhosis and is the most common cause of hospitalization in these patients. The development of ascites is associated with a poor prognosis in patients with liver cirrhosis with a higher mortality ...
Yeon Seok Seo
doaj   +1 more source

Immunoreactive human chorionic gonadotropin and its free ß-subunit in serum and ascites of patients with malignant tumors [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a clinically relevant marker of trophoblastic and nontrophoblastic malignancies. In the present studies, in addition to determining serum hCG, we investigated the presence and properties of hCG immunoreactivity in ...
Mann, Klaus   +4 more
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Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Anatomic Liver Resection: Comparison of Perioperative Outcomes—A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Minimally invasive anatomic liver resection (AR) including major hepatectomy and liver parenchyma‐sparing AR is technically complex and demanding. This systematic review with meta‐analysis including 15 studies comparing 2042 robotic AR and 2129 laparoscopic AR patients demonstrated largely comparable perioperative outcomes and partly better outcomes ...
Yutaro Kato   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chylous ascites caused by resection of a choledochal cyst

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2012
Chylous ascites is a rare complication of abdominal surgery in children. Particularly, reports of postoperative chylous ascites are rare. This report describes the very rare case of a 10-month-old girl complicated by chylous ascites after resection of a ...
Tatsuzo Mizukami   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reinfusion of ascites during hemodialysis as a treatment of massive refractory ascites and acute renal failure

open access: yes, 2011
Ta-Wei Hsu1, Yi-Chuan Chen2, Meei-Ju Wu2, Anna Fen-Yau Li3, Wu-Chang Yang2, Yee-Yung Ng21Department of Medicine, I-Lan Hospital, 2Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, 3Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, School of ...
null Wu   +9 more
core   +1 more source

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