Fibrinolysis in the management of malignant ascites and nonfunctioning intraperitoneal tunneled catheters

Publication date: Available online 21 March 2015 Source:Gastrointestinal Intervention Author(s): Nicholas Lawrance , Nabil Kibriya , Damian Mullan , Hans-Ulrich Laasch The use of tunneled semipermanent intraperitoneal catheters is becoming increasingly widespread in the management of intractable malignant ascites. There is a lack of published data on the successful management of complications of these catheters in cases of malignant ascites. The current study reports four cases of nonfunctioning catheters due to fibrin blockage or ascitic loculation, all of which were successfully treated with intraperitoneal fibrinolysis with streptokinase.
Source: Gastrointestinal Intervention - Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research