Management of malignant pleural effusion and ascites by a triple access multi perforated large diameter catheter port system

BACKGROUND: Pleural or peritoneal effusions (ascites) are frequent in terminal stage malignancies. Medical management may be hazardous. METHODS: A 60-year-old man with metastatic malignant melanoma presented refractory ascites as well as bilateral pleural effusions. After failure of the medical trea...

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Autores principales: Inan, Ihsan, De Sousa, Sandra, Myers, Patrick O, Bouclier, Brigitte, Dietrich, Pierre-Yves, Hagen, Monica E, Morel, Philippe
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Technical Innovations
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18706116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-6-85

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18706116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-6-85

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