Use of a LeVeen shunt as a percutaneously placed abdominal drainage catheter for malignant ascites.
Oyer
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Department of Hematology and Oncology, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA.
Finch
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D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010536:Peritoneovenous Shunt