title: [A case of hepatic hydrothorax treated by pleuro-venous shunt].
abstract: We reported a successful pleuro-venous shunt operation (Pl-V shunt) for a patient of liver cirrhosis with secondary hydrothorax. A 78-year-old female was admitted to our hospital because of severe dyspnea and palpitation. Chest x-ray film revealed right sided massive pleural effusion. Over several weeks the chest tube drainaged about 1,500 ml of transudative fluid per day. We performed Pl-V shunting and pleural effusion subsequently decreased in amount and dyspnea disappeared. This Pl-V shunting is thought to be useful for such a patient with massive pleural effusion which failed to respond to medical therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Surgery, Tsuboi Hospital, Jizankai Medical Institute.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Narita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwanami
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tachibana
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakonji
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006876:Hydrothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery