TY  - JOUR
T1  - PEritoneovenous shunting in the management of malignant ascites
AU  - Straus AK, Roseman DL, Shapiro TM
Y1  - 1979/04/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370280143022
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 489
EP  - 491
VL  - 114
IS  - 4
N2  - • The incapacitating, malignant ascites of 37 patients were treated with peritoneovenous shunt using the LeVeen valve. Palliation of ascites was achieved in 27 of 37 patients until they died of their underlying diseases. In ten of the 37 patients, no long-term palliation was accomplished. Complications relating to the shunt procedure were noted in six patients. No evidence of abnormal malignant dissemination was noted. We concluded that the peritoneovenous shunt can be used with relative safety to manage progressive malignant ascites.(Arch Surg 114:489-491, 1979)
SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370280143022
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370280143022
ER  -