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. 1989 Oct;44(10):828. doi: 10.1136/thx.44.10.828

Palliation of malignant ascites with a Tenckhoff catheter.

D A Lomas ¹, P J Wallis ¹, R A Stockley ¹

PMCID: PMC1020854 PMID: 2480653

Abstract

To avoid multiple paracenteses, a Tenckhoff catheter was used successfully to drain the ascitic fluid in a patient with peritoneal mesothelioma.

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