Percutaneous peritoneovenous-shunt positioning: Technique and preliminary results

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1188-1192

  Orsi, Franco ^a   Grasso, Rosario Francesco ^a   Bonomo, Guido ^a   Monti, Cinzia ^b   Marinucci, Irene ^a   Bellomi, Massimo ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascites; Peritoneovenous shunt; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; ASCITES TUMOR; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DYSPEPSIA; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; PERITONEUM VEIN SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEOVENOUS SHUNT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036583140     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300101049     Document Type: Article

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