Intraoperative placement of a self-retaining Foley catheter for continuous drainage of malignant ascites

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-69

  Kuruvilla, A ^a   Busby, G ^a   Ramsewak, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Foley catheter drainage; Malignant ascites

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERITONITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ASCITES; ASCITIC FLUID; CATHETERIZATION; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036182061     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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