Temporary drainage of symptomatic malignant ascites by a catheter inserted under computerized tomography

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 374-378

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a,b,c   La Rosa, Salvatore ^a,b,c   Nicolosi, Gioacchino ^a,b,c   Garofalo, Serena Laura ^a,b,c  

^a Dept Anesthesia Intensive Care H ^*  (Italy)

^b Radiology Service Hospital Palermo   (Italy)

^c Buccheri La Ferla Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Malignant ascites; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARACENTESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ASCITES; ASCITIC FLUID; CATHETERIZATION; DRAINAGE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031872073     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(98)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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