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Paracentesis

Known as: Aspiration and Puncture, Paracenteses, Drainage and Puncture 
A procedure in which a thin needle or tube is put into the abdomen to remove fluid from the peritoneal cavity (the space within the abdomen that… 
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Abdominal paracentesisAmniocentesisArthrocentesisCuldocentesis
Educational aspectsPuncture procedureStructure of rectouterine pouchThoracentesis

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surgical puncture

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2004
2004
Operative revision of non‐functioning filtering blebs with 5‐fluorouracil to regain intraocular pressure control
Purpose: To determine the efficacy of extensive microsurgical needling revision of failed filtering blebs followed by serial 5… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Review article: update on the role of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent‐shunt (TIPSS) in the management of complications of portal hypertension
In the 8 years since its introduction into clinical practice, initial enthusiasm for the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic… 
1993
1993
Pulmonary function changes after large volume paracentesis.
Large volume paracentesis (LVP) is a safe, rapid, and effective treatment of ascites in cirrhotic patients. We investigated the… 
1985
1985
Grommets versus paracentesis in secretory otitis media. A prospective, controlled study.
One hundred and ninety-three consecutive children with bilateral secretory otitis media were treated by adenoidectomy, bilateral… 
1979
1979
The Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: A Complication of the LeVeene Shunt
THE LeVeen peritoneojugular shunt has been proposed for the therapy of ascitic, cirrhotic patients intractable to medical… 
Review
1977
Review
1977
Free perforation of the small bowel in Crohn's disease.
A rare case of free double ileal perforation in previously asymptomatic and undiagnosed Crohn's disease of the terminal ileum is… 
1975
1975
An inherited translocation t(4;15) (p16;q22) leading to two cases of partial trisomy 15.
A four year old girl with severe mental retardation and multiple congenital abnormalities manifested "partial trisomy 15". Her… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Hemodynamics in the cirrhotic patient during paracentesis.
THE effect of increased intra-abdominal pressure due to ascites upon portal and systemic hemodynamics has not been directly… 
1964
1964
CHRONIC EFFUSIVE PERICARDITIS*
  • Bedford De
  • British heart journal
  • 1964
  • Corpus ID: 209147338
Older physicians stressed the tendency to syncope, and the extreme orthopncea which sometimes provoked characteristic postures… 
1955
1955
Cirrhosis of the liver treated with prolonged sodium restrictions; improvement in nutrition, hepatic function, and portal hypertension.
Cirrhosis of the liver is characteristically associated with a moderate or a severe degree of undernutrition that is evidenced by… 
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