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  • Title: Management of hepatic hydrothorax with a peritoneovenous (Denver) shunt.
    Author: Ghandour E, Carter J, Feola M, Nugent KM.
    Journal: South Med J; 1990 Jun; 83(6):718-9. PubMed ID: 2192472.
    Abstract:
    One patient with alcoholic cirrhosis and a massive hydrothorax resistant to medical management and thoracocentesis was treated with a Denver peritoneovenous shunt. This patient's progress has been followed for 14 months and the pleural effusion has not recurred.
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