Pleurovenous shunt in treating refractory nonmalignant hepatic hydrothorax: A case report

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1603-1605

  Hadsaitong, Damrong ^a   Suttithawil, Wudthichai ^b  

^a Department of Dermatology   (Thailand)

^b PRAMONGKUTKLAO HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatic hydrothorax; Pleural effusion; Pleurovenous shunt; Shunt

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; HYPERTENSION; LEG EDEMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARACENTESIS; PERITONEUM VEIN SHUNT; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOCENTESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PLEURA; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN;

EID: 28044447232     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.03.027     Document Type: Article

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