Case report; effective community palliation of intractable malignant ascites with a permanently implanted abdominal drain.
A patient with intractable malignant ascites from metastatic tabular breast carcinoma underwent insertion of a Tenckhoff catheter in July 1997. Seventeen months later the patient continues to have excellent symptomatic relief, without complications, by self-drainage of ascites at home. Tenckhoff catheter can be useful in the management of intractable malignant ascites.
Bui
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Nepean Hospital, Penrith, Sydney, Australia.
Martin
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Currow
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