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Peritoneovenous shunts in malignant ascites

Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1985
A 51-year-old woman with malignant ascites secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma had a peritoneovenous (LeVeen) shunt inserted with effective control of ascites and amelioration of symptoms. The results of 12 recent series evaluating the efficacy of peritoneovenous shunts in the treatment of 198 patients with malignant ascites were reviewed ...
J H, Helzberg, N J, Greenberger
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Coagulopathy associated with peritoneovenous shunting

The American Journal of Surgery, 1981
Le Veen shunts successfully alleviated ascites in 19 of 24 patients (79 percent). Clinical clotting typical of disseminated intravenous coagulation occurred in nine of these patients (37 percent) and was fatal in seven (78 percent). Laboratory findings suggesting disseminated intravenous clotting were present in five other patients (21 percent) but ...
R L, Tawes, G R, Sydorak, P A, Kennedy, W H, Brown, R G, Scribner, J P, Beare, E J, Harris   +6 more
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Management of malignant ascites with peritoneovenous shunting

The American Journal of Surgery, 1983
The onset of intractable ascites secondary to malignant disease is a harbinger of a short life span (less than 8 weeks) in most patients. Repeated paracentesis is a preferable form of management unless a longer life span is anticipated. In patients with ovarian or breast carcinoma, peritoneovenous shunting is an effective means of controlling malignant
R B, Reinhold, J J, Lokich, J, Tomashefski, P, Costello   +3 more
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Ascites: Its correction by peritoneovenous shunting

Current Problems in Surgery, 1979
Patients with refractory ascites and HRS should be considered to present an urgent indication for peritoneovenous shunting. The shunt offers a method of continuous reinfusion of ascitic fluid which corrects avid sodium retention, oliguria and azotemia.
H H, LeVeen, S, Wapnick, C, Diaz, S, Grosberg, M, Kinney   +4 more
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation with the Peritoneovenous Shunt

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1979
Coagulation data were collected before and after peritoneovenous shunting for intractable ascites in 19 shunting procedures. After insertion of the shunts, changes consistent with disseminated intravascular coagulation developed in all cases in which good flow of ascitic fluid was obtained.
D C, Harmon, Z, Demirjian, L, Ellman, J E, Fischer   +3 more
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Peritoneovenous shunting for nongynecologic malignant ascites

Cancer, 2001
The development of malignant ascites has been associated with a poor prognosis. Previous reports have documented high morbidity rates associated with placement of palliative peritoneovenous shunts (PVS). Most study series have included gynecologic malignancies in their analysis, and wide variations in survival time have been reported.
S C, Bieligk, B F, Calvo, D G, Coit
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Control of malignant ascites by peritoneovenous shunting

Cancer, 1984
Twenty peritoneovenous shunts were inserted in 17 patients with intractable malignant ascites. The ascites was controlled without the need for further paracentesis abdominis in 13 patients. Four shunts blocked and three patients had second shunts inserted, but other complications were minor. Patients who benefited from the procedure included those with
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Titanium Catheter Tip for Peritoneovenous Shunts

Artificial Organs, 1988
Abstract: Early obstruction of the venous tubing is a frequent complication after peritoneovenous (PV) shunting for ascites in cirrhosis and results in a high incidence of shunt failure. A titanium catheter tip, developed because of this material's thromboresistance, was employed in 13 consecutive cirrhotic patients receiving a LeVeen shunt for ...
D, Franco, M, Labianca, C, Smadja, J, Fragoso, S, Halabi   +4 more
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Radiography of LeVeen type peritoneovenous shunts

American Journal of Roentgenology, 1978
Peritoneovenous shunts of the LeVeen type have been used for several years for relief of intractable ascites [1]. These shunts consist of silastic tubing extending from the peritoneal cavity subcutaneously into the jugular vein and from there into the superior vena cava.
D B, Freiman, E J, Ring, J A, Oleaga, E F, Rosato   +3 more
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Neck “Ascites” After Peritoneovenous Shunt

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 1990
We report a patient in whom the placement of a LeVeen shunt lead to the development of "ectopic ascites" in the neck. This previously unreported complication of the peritoneovenous shunt may have been due to the leakage of ascites across the surgical wound. Removing ascites prior to constructing the shunt may prevent this complication.
A, Ginès, J, Llach, X, Calvet, J, Bruix, V, Arroyo, J, Rodés   +5 more
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