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. 1987;371(1):39-48.
doi: 10.1007/BF01259242.

[Diagnosis of peritoneovenous shunt occlusion]

[Article in German]
W Klepetko, J Miholic, C Müller, M R Müller, C Schwarz, P Möschl

[Diagnosis of peritoneovenous shunt occlusion]

[Article in German]
W Klepetko et al. Langenbecks Arch Chir. 1987.

Abstract

Reaccumulation of ascitic fluid after peritoneovenous shunt implantation demands accurate diagnostic procedure. Between 1973 and 1985 81 peritoneovenous shunts have been implanted at the IInd Surgical Department of the University of Vienna. In the same time 34 reoperations in 17 patients have been performed for reasons of shunt-dysfunction. Besides thorax x-ray, diagnosis was established in 11 cases by means of Doppler ultrasound investigation, in 26 cases by technetium scan and in 15 cases by shunt angiography. Shuntography proved to be the method of choice, with no false results. Doppler ultrasound results were unclear in a high percentage, thus this method is not used any more.

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