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A Fatal Case of Cardiac Sarcoidosis Presenting as Refractory Ascites. [PDF]

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Tan EFS, Gharti SB, Schmidt M, K C N, Enriquez D.   +4 more
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Management and Outcomes of Umbilical Hernia in Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease: A Single-Unit Experience of Six Cases. [PDF]

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Singh K, Lokavarapu MJ, S Kumar N, Gupta A, V A, Singh D, Singh V, Raja MS, Ammapalem S, Selvarasu M.   +9 more
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Pathophysiology of Chylous Anasarca Caused by Lymphatic Occlusion: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. [PDF]

J Pers Med
Mathivet A, Bertrand M, Quere I, Gris JC, Ghelfi J, Frandon J.   +5 more
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Percutaneous Peritoneovenous Shunt Creation for the Treatment of Benign and Malignant Refractory Ascites

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2001
Peritoneovenous shunt placement has been reported as a treatment of refractory ascites by general surgeons, but without a clearly established role. The authors successfully inserted shunts under ultrasonographic and fluoroscopic guidance in 12 patients ...
Jeong Seon Park, Jong Yoon Won, Sung Il Park   +2 more
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Percutaneous Peritoneovenous Shunt for Treatment of Refractory Ascites

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2008
PURPOSE: To evaluate the usefulness of a percutaneously placed peritoneovenous shunt (PVS) in patients with refractory ascites. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Under fluoroscopic and ultrasonographic (US) guidance, the authors placed a PVS in 55 patients (39 men
Jong Yun Won, Heung Kyu Ko, Seung Hyung Kim   +2 more
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Peritoneovenous shunt for pancreatic ascites

Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1987
A chronically ill patient with pancreatic ascites was successfully treated with a temporary LeVeen peritoneovenous shunt. This observation supports the use of a peritoneovenous shunt in the treatment of pancreatic ascites which is refractory to medical therapy and not amenable to major pancreatic surgery.
Boudewijn de Waele, B de Waele
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Peritoneovenous Shunt as a Bridge to Liver Transplantation [PDF]

American Journal of Transplantation, 2005
Intractable ascites carries great morbidity. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of peritoneovenous shunt (PVS) in patients listed for liver transplantation (LT). Between January 1999 and January 2004, PVS was inserted in 36 (30 males and 6 females) cirrhotic patients, 50.3 years of median age (range: 30-66), who failed multiple large ...
Jérôme Dumortier, Olivier Boillot
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Peritoneovenous Shunting for Intractable Ascites

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1982
For 5 years (1976-1981) peritoneovenous shunting has been used in 32 patients with intractable ascites--that is, in patients in whom medical therapy has failed. All operations but one were performed using local anesthesia. The LeVeen shunt was used in 29 patients and the Denver shunt in three patients.
P, Gullstrand, A, Alwmark, B, Börjesson, B, Joelsson, S, Bengmark   +4 more
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Complications of Denver Peritoneovenous Shunting

Archives of Surgery, 1982
The records of 49 consecutive patients treated with Denver peritoneovenous shunts were reviewed to determine the incidence of complications and length of patient survival. Thirty-eight complications (16 types) were identified in 22 (45%) of the patients and, in 10 instances, contributed to subsequent death. Ten percent of shunts failed during long-term
R H, Lund, M W, Moritz
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