Open AccessTreatment of Chylous Ascites with Peritoneovenous Shunt (Denver Shunt) following Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in Patients with Urological Malignancies: Update of Efficacy and Predictors of Complications
Author(s) -
Hooman Yarmohammadi,
Juliana Schilsky,
Jeremy C. Durack,
Lynn A. Brody,
Ulrika Asenbaum,
Sara Velayati,
Ernesto Santos,
Adrían González-Aguirre,
Joseph P. Erinjeri,
Nadia Petre,
Stephen B. Solomon,
Joel Sheinfeld,
George I. Getrajdman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of urology/the journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.402
H-Index - 256
eISSN - 1527-3792
pISSN - 0022-5347
DOI - 10.1097/ju.0000000000001121
Subject(s) - medicine , interventional radiology , radiology , emergency department , general surgery , psychiatry
We investigated the efficacy and analyzed the complication risk factors of peritoneovenous shunt in treating refractory chylous ascites following retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in patients with urological malignancies.