Postoperative chylous ascites after total gastrectomy successfully treated using peritoneovenous (Denver) shunt: a case report

BACKGROUND: Chylous ascites (CA) is a rare complication of gastrectomy for gastric cancer. While most cases of postoperative CA improve with medication or nutritional support, some are refractory to conservative treatment. A peritoneovenous shunt (PVS) may help patients who are poor candidates for s...

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Autores principales: Sakamoto, Shinya, Takata, Nobuo, Noda, Yoshihiro, Ozaki, Kazuhide, Okabayashi, Takehiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9086017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35534589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-022-01447-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9086017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35534589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-022-01447-0

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