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Peritoneal lavage

Known as: Diagnostic peritoneal lavage, Peritoneal Irrigation, Irrigations, Peritoneal 
Washing out of the peritoneal cavity. The procedure is a diagnostic as well as a therapeutic technique following abdominal trauma or inflammation.
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1999
1999
[Hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with peritoneal pseudomyxoma or peritoneal metastases of colorectal carcinoma; good preliminary results from the Netherlands Cancer…
OBJECTIVE To apply (HIPEC) using mitomycin in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis. DESIGN Descriptive. METHOD The HIPEC… 
1986
1986
A prospective randomized study of continuous peritoneal lavage postoperatively in the treatment of purulent peritonitis.
Peritoneal lavage performed postoperatively in the treatment of purulent peritonitis was evaluated in a prospective randomized… 
1984
1984
Peritoneal lavage in severe acute pancreatitis.
An analysis is presented of 73 attacks of acute pancreatitis treated with non-operative peritoneal lavage, classified according… 
1983
1983
Irrigation of the peritoneal cavity and local antibiotics in the treatment of peritonitis.
Peritonitis was induced in the Sprague-Dawley rats by the implantation of gelatin capsules containing 0.3 milliliter of human… 
1976
1976
Diagnostic peritoneal lavage in pediatric trauma.
The accuracy of diagnostic peritoneal lavage is compared to that of initial clinical evaluation in 46 pediatric patients with… 
1976
1976
Prolonged antibiotic peritoneal lavage in the management of gross generalized peritonitis.
Since there is a high mortality and morbidity with conventional therapy in generalized peritonitis, a treatment regime of… 
Review
1975
Review
1975
Management of Candida peritonitis by prolonged peritoneal lavage containing 5-fluorocytosine.
A 55 year old woman on chronic maintenance peritoneal dialysis developed Candida albicans peritonitis. This was successfully… 
1975
1975
Continuous postoperative peritoneal lavage in diffuse peritonitis using balanced saline antibiotic solution.
Results of postoperative peritoneal lavage using balanced saline and antibiotic solution in 30 patients with diffuse peritonitis… 
1962
1962
The use of an inlying plastic conduit for chronic peritoneal irrigation.
1948
1948
The treatment of acute temporary dysfunction of the kidneys by peritoneal irrigation; successful treatment of a ten-year-old male child.