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Management of hepatic hydrothorax with a peritoneovenous (Denver) shunt.

Abstract
One patient with alcoholic cirrhosis and a massive hydrothorax resistant to medical management and thoracocentesis was treated with a Denver peritoneovenous shunt. This patient's progress has been followed for 14 months and the pleural effusion has not recurred.
AuthorsE Ghandour, J Carter, M Feola, K M Nugent
JournalSouthern medical journal (South Med J) Vol. 83 Issue 6 Pg. 718-9 (Jun 1990) ISSN: 0038-4348 [Print] United States
PMID2192472 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
Topics
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hydrothorax (etiology, surgery)
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic (complications, surgery)
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Peritoneovenous Shunt

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