Endoscopic ultrasound-guided placement of plastic pigtail stents for the drainage of refractory malignant ascites

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided placement of plastic pigtail stents for the drainage of refractory malignant ascites

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided drainage is now the treatment of choice in cases of pancreatic pseudocysts and walled-off necrosis, especially in the absence of luminal bulging and in patients with portal hypertension. Malignant refractory ascites usually heralds a poor prognosis and substantiall...

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Main Authors: Rafael Romero-Castro, Victoria Alejandra Jimenez-Garcia, Jaime Boceta-Osuna, Luis Castilla-Guerra, Francisco Pellicer-Bautista, Angel Caunedo-Alvarez, Juan Manuel Herrerias-Gutierrez, Manuel Romero-Gómez, Marc Giovannini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017-10-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-118746

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