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The influence of a peritoneovenous shunt for cirrhotic and malignant intractable ascites on renal function

BACKGROUND: Peritoneovenous shunts (PVS) are widely used for palliation of intractable ascites caused by peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) or liver cirrhosis (LC). Some patients who need PVS have renal dysfunction. However, renal dysfunction is considered a relative contraindication. Therefore, it is i...

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Autores principales: Segawa, Takafumi, Kato, Kenichi, Kawashima, Kazuya, Suzuki, Tomohiro, Ehara, Shigeru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5881988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29623218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2058460118764208