Extracorporeal Peritoneovenous Shunt for the Management of Postaneurysmectomy Chylous Ascites in a Marfan Patient
Di Luozzo G, Scurlock C, Mechanick JI, Griepp RB. Extracorporeal Peritoneovenous Shunt for the Management of Postaneurysmectomy Chylous Ascites in a Marfan Patient. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2010, 90: 281-284. PMID: 20609797, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.12.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAortic AneurysmBlood Vessel Prosthesis ImplantationChylous AscitesFemaleHumansMarfan SyndromePeritoneovenous ShuntConceptsChylous ascitesPeritoneovenous shuntOpen abdominal aortic aneurysm repairAbdominal aortic aneurysm repairAortic aneurysm repairInitial therapeutic interventionAbdominal ascitesAneurysm repairUncommon complicationClinical statusRetroperitoneal surgeryMarfan patientsAscitesTherapeutic interventionsNutritional statusAggressive measuresPatientsShuntStatusComplicationsSurgeryEtiologyMortalityWomen