Palliation of malignant ascites with a Tenckhoff catheter.
To avoid multiple paracenteses, a Tenckhoff catheter was used successfully to drain the ascitic fluid in a patient with peritoneal mesothelioma.
Lomas
D A
DA
General Hospital, Birmingham.
Wallis
P J
PJ
Stockley
R A
RA
D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*