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Ascites
Studies from Yonsei University, Medical Department provide new data on ascites
January 27th, 2009
In this recent report published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, researchers in Seoul, South Korea conducted a study "To evaluate the usefulness of a percutaneously placed peritoneovenous shunt (PVS) in patients with refractory ascites. Under fluoroscopic and ultrasonographic (US) guidance, the authors placed a PVS in 55 patients (39 men and 1.6 women; mean age, 56 years) with refractory ascites and symptomatic abdominal distention." "The cause of ascites was liver cirrhosis (n = 36), carcinomatosis (n = 17), ruptured cysts with polycystic kidney disease (n = 1), and idiopathic refractory ascites (n = 1). The authors retrospectively...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-27)
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