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Pigtail Drain

A hollow tube that has holes in the wall of the tube and a coiled tip and is inserted into a body cavity or organ to promote drainage.
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2018
2018
Percutaneous Antegrade Colonic Stent Insertion Using a Proximal Trans-peritoneal Colopexy Technique
IntroductionConventionally, colonic stents are inserted with a retrograde trans-anal approach—however, stenting of right-sided or… 
2017
2017
Pneumatosis Intestinalis Due to Extrinsic Compression From a Large Renal Cyst
Pneumatosis Intestinalis Due to Extrinsic Compression From a Large Renal Cyst Ramprasad Jegadeesan;Tharani Sundararajan;Mitesh… 
2016
2016
Comment on “Laparo-Endoscopic Gastrostomy (LEG) Decompression: a Novel One-time Method of Management of Gastric Leaks Following Sleeve Gastrectomy”
Review
2015
Review
2015
Continuous Drainage of a Pleural Effusion with a Pigtail Catheter Secondary to Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome: A Case Report with Literature Review
Background: Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) is an iatrogenic complication that may occur in hormonally induced ovarian… 
2014
2014
Severe hydronephrosis caused by an infected intra-abdominal fluid collection in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt
CaseThe authors report a case of a 10-year-old boy with myelodysplasia and shunted hydrocephalus who developed acute severe… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
[Use of the percutaneous drainage in the treatment of patients with hepatic abscesses].
AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of this study was to review our results in managing liver abscess with the use of sonographically-guided… 
2010
2010
A unilateral whiteout: when not to insert a chest drain
An elderly man presented to the AE it was easily removed and the puncture site repaired under direct vision with a pledgeted 3/0… 
2003
2003
Conservative management of an intraperitoneal rupture of an augmentation cystoplasty and continent urinary diversion in an adult.
Augmentation cystoplasty has been used extensively during the last 50 years as a surgical means of increasing the storage… 
1998
1998
Das primäre Non-Hodgkin-Lymphom des Pankreas
Summary. A 71-year-old patient had been suffering from pain-free obstructive jaundice for 8 weeks. Ultrasonography and computed… 
1998
1998
[Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the pancreas].
A 71-year-old patient had been suffering from pain-free obstructive jaundice for 8 weeks. Ultrasonography and computed tomography… 
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