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Home-based system relieves refractory ascites in cirrhosis

Jim Kling   |   Conference Report   |   15 December 2021
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FROM THE LIVER MEETING

A home-based tunneled peritoneal catheter (PeCa) drainage system provided significant relief for patients with refractory ascites who were not candidates for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS).

For these patients, the current standard of care is repeated large volume paracentesis, but this can require frequent hospital trips...

          

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