Joseph Shrager
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Treatment of refractory, nonmalignant hydrothorax with a pleurovenous shunt.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1997; (6): 1777-9
We present a case of long-term successful application of pleurovenous shunting for the management of pleural effusion. Intractable symptomatic hydrothorax developed as a result of transdiaphragmatic migration of hepatic ascites. After failure of traditional treatment by mechanical pleurodesis, a pleurovenous shunt was inserted. After 1 year of follow-up, the effusion is well controlled, and the shunt remains patent.
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