Management of Hepatic Hydrothorax With a Peritoneovenous (Denver) Shunt
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 83 (6) , 718-719
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199006000-00034
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.Keywords
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