Prospective Evaluation of the PleurX Catheter When Used to Treat Recurrent Ascites Associated with Malignancy

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1723-1731

  Courtney, Angi ^a   Nemcek Jr , Albert A ^a   Rosenberg, Stefanie ^b   Tutton, Sean ^d   Darcy, Michael ^e   Gordon, Greg ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Decatur Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOATING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITES; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56349161601     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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