PERITONEO-VENOUS SHUNTING FOR INTRACTABLE ASCITES
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Peritoneovenous shunting in intractable ascites
Fourteen patients in whom peritoneovenous shunts were inserted for intractable ascites or malignancy were reviewed.Reduction in ascites was obtained in all patients by the time of discharge with significant diuresis and weight loss. Significant decrease in haemoglobin, packed cell volume, platelet count and prothrombin time also occurred. Coagulation studies were abnormal in 60 per cent of pati...
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عنوان ژورنال: The journal of the Japanese Practical Surgeon Society
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0386-9776
DOI: 10.3919/ringe1963.43.294