Journal of The Showa Medical Association
Online ISSN : 2185-0976
Print ISSN : 0037-4342
ISSN-L : 0037-4342
THE EVALUATION OF THE TREATMENT OF ASCITES BY PERFUSION METHOD WITH HOLLOW FIBER
Makoto OnukiYoshiyuki HatanoHidefumi KodamaHiroshi OgasawaraHitoshi FunatomiNobuo TanakaKazuaki YoshidaHaruo TakauchiHirofumi SaitohYoshio Hatta
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1979 Volume 39 Issue 3 Pages 347-352

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Abstract
The effect of perfusion therapy of intractable ascites was investigated in the patients with liver cirrhosis and peritoneal carcinoma.
In this procedure the ascitic fluid was reinfused into the cubital vein after being filtrated through cellulose acetate hollow fiber and concentrated by polyacrylnitril hollow fiber. With this treatment, the improvement of symptoms and general conditions of the patients, the protection against the reaccumulation of ascites and the increase of the reactivity to diuretics were observed. This procedure was easily performed without any complainments. No severe side effects were seen.
From these results, this treatment seemed valuable as the practical therapy for ascites which was difficult to be contrabled.
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