Peritoneovenous shunt - modification with the use of long saphenous vein.
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چکیده
The authors describe their own initial experience with saphenoperitoneal modification of the peritoneovenous shunt in intractable ascites solution. Their findings with this easy type of permanent ascites drainage using the "patient's own resources" are puzzling.
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Saphenoperitoneal shunt for intractable ascites.
OBJECTIVE Ascites usually complicates chronic liver disease, and some patients with ascites are refractory to medical treatment. Recently, saphenoperitoneal shunt (SPS) was described to treat this condition. This procedure avoids the insertion of a foreign expensive shunt into the circulation. We present our experience with this procedure with some modification in the technique. METHODS We pe...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
دوره 148 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004