Peritoneovenous shunt for treatment of intractable cirrhotic ascites: an unfulfilled promise?
Scientific Journal of Al-Azhar Medical Faculty [Girls] [The]. 1999; 20 (Supp. 1): 1759-1770
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ABSTRACT
Peritoneovenous shunt [PVS] is widely used for the treatment of cirrhotic ascites whether intractable ascites or not. Between February 996 and August 1998, PVSs were inserted in 22 patients [14 men and 8 women] with intractable cirrhotic ascites. The mean follow up period was 20 months. All patients were non-responsive to standard medical management. Nine patients were alive and palliated, seven of them with working shunts. Thirteen patients died within the first year, five of them died with non functioning shunts. Despite palliation, complications with PVSs were high and survival was limited. This modality was recommended only in patients with cirrhotic intractable ascites not responding to standard medical or surgical management
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Méditerranée orientale
Sujet Principal:
Complications postopératoires
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Ascites
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Taux de survie
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Études de suivi
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Cirrhose du foie
Limites du sujet:
Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Sci. J. Al-Azhar Med. Fac. [Girls]
Année:
1999
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