Peritoneovenous shunt for intractable ascites due to hepatic lymphorrhea after hepatectomy

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World J Gastrointest Surg. Jan 27, 2011; 3(1): 16-20
Published online Jan 27, 2011. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v3.i1.16

Table 1 Characteristics, therapies and clinical outcome of the patients with hepatic lymphorrhea after abdominal surgery

Case No.	Author	Age/sex	Operation	Treatment	Time to complete resolution (d)
1	Miyagawa, 1983	65/M	TG	Surgical ligation	13
2	Nakashima, 1985	58/M	DG	Surgical ligation + antibiotics + sclerotherapy	30
3	Nakano, 1987	49/M	TG	Surgical ligation	14
4	Kawata, 1989	52/M	DG	Surgical ligation + fibrin glue + sclerotherapy	37
5	Umehara, 1989	59/M	TG	Surgical ligation	28
6	Kaneko, 1991	44/M	DG	Surgical ligation + PVS	30
7	Imai, 1992	34/M	TG	Reoperation + antibiotics + sclerotherapy	7
8	Shimizu, 1992	62/M	DG	Surgical ligation	30
9	Ota, 1993[1]	70/M	DG	Surgical ligation + fibrin glue	50
10	Mitsuno, 1993	42/M	DG	PVS	ND
11	Kawahira, 1994[2]	58/M	DG	Surgical ligation + fibrin glue + OK-432 sclerotherapy	10
12	Matsumoto, 1995	44/M	DG	Re-re-surgical ligation + fibrin glue	14
13	Tanaka, 1998	49/M	DG	Surgical ligation + fibrin glue + OK-432 sclerotherapy	12
14	Tanaka, 2004[4]	66/M	TG	Surgical ligation + fibrin glue + OK-432 sclerotherapy	67
15	Present report	73/M	Partial resection of the liver	PVS	12

TG: Total gastrectomy; DG: Distal gastrectomy; PVS: Peritoneovenous shunt; ND: Not described.

Citation: Inoue Y, Hayashi M, Hirokawa F, Takeshita A, Tanigawa N. Peritoneovenous shunt for intractable ascites due to hepatic lymphorrhea after hepatectomy. World J Gastrointest Surg 2011; 3(1): 16-20
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v3/i1/16.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v3.i1.16