PERITONEOVENOUS (ASCITES) SHUNTING

Percutaneous Access Shunting

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Shunting Malignant Ascites

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Shunting Non-Malignant Ascites

14. Camoglio FS, Diapaola G, Cervellione RM, Chironi C, et al. Treatment of Neonatal Chylous Ascites Using a Modified Denver Peritoneovenous Shunt: a Case Report. Pediatric Med Chir. 2003; 25(2): 145-147.

15. See WA, Kresowik TF, Jochimsen PR. Peritoneal Venous Shunting for the Treatment of Lymphatic Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection. Urology 1996; 48(5): 783-785.

16. Greenberg S, Shapiro WB, Porush JG. Hemodynamic Effects of Peritoneovenous Shunts in Hemodialysis Patients with Ascites. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 1996; 28(3): 387-394.

17. Boyd WD, et al. Chylous Ascites Following Abdominal Aortic Aneurysmectomy: Surgical Management with a Peritoneo-venous Shunt. Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 1989; 30: 627-629.

18. Kerr RSC, et al. Peritoneovenous Shunt in the Management of Paediatric Chylous Ascites. British Journal of Surgery 1985; 72: 443-444.

Percutaneous Access Shunting

Orsi F, Grasso RF, Bonomo G, et al. Percutaneous peritoneovenous shunt positioning: technique and preliminary results. European Radiology 2002; 12(5): 1188-1192.