Indwelling Peritoneal Catheters for Managing Malignancy-Associated Ascites.
2015
We investigated use of the tunnelled catheter in a large palliative population with malignancy-associated ascites employing retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained patient database of tunnelled peritoneal catheter insertions for refractory malignancy-associated ascites or new rapidly accumulating ascites. We found that a 100 percent procedural success rate was achieved with 395 tunnelled catheters inserted in 386 patients. Catheters remained In situ for 66 days, on average. In a total of 22 cases (5.57 percent), complications developed. Nonfatal Infections occurred most commonly — in 15 cases (3.80 percent). Ascites stopped reaccumulating in 16 cases (4.05 percent), leading to catheter removal. The mean Baseline Dyspnea Index was 3.79 (95 percent confidence interval [CI], 3.64-3.94); the mean Transitional Dyspnea Index postinsertion was 5.14 (95 percent CI, 4.94–5.34). In all, 13 patients completed serial European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire...
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