- for each treatment option: - Repeated large volume paracentesis - Peritoneovenous shunt - Surgically created portocaval shunt - TIPS - Liver Transplantationwww.hepnet.com/boca/wong.html
- a plastic tube from the abdominal cavity, under the skin of the chest, into the right internal jugular vein of the neck (peritoneovenous shunt of LeVeen).home3.inet.tele.dk/omni/ascites_fluid.htm
- receive albumin infusion. A peritoneovenous shunt is a device that returns ascitic fluid from the peritoneal cavity to the systemic circulation. Its use ishepatitis-central.com/hcv/symptoms/ascites.html
- Imaging for Deep VeinThrombosis F. Lacrimal Drainage Imaging G. Peritoneovenous Shunt (La Veen Shunt) Evaluation H. Tumor Imaging - Colorectal/Ovarian Cancer.www.radiology.uiowa.edu/MoreRAD/OnLineReadingRoom/8NucMedO.htm