Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Use of a Tunneled Ascitic Drain to Allow Percutaneous Radiologic Insertion of a Gastrostomy

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. Munk PL, Lee MJ, Poon PY et al (1997) Percutaneous gastrostomy in radiological practice. Australas Radiol 41:342–350

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Lee MJ, Saini S, Brink JA, Morrison MC, Hahn PF, Mueller PR (1991) Malignant small bowel obstruction and ascites: not a contraindication to percutaneous gastrostomy. Clin Radiol 44:332–334

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Mark Ryan J, Hahn P, Mueller P (1998) Performing radiological gastrostomy or gastrojejunostomy in patients with malignant ascites. AJR Am J Roentgenol 171:1003–1006

    Google Scholar 

  4. Mark Ryan J, Hahn P, Bowland G, McDowell R, Sinai S, Mueller P (1997) Percutaneous gastrostomy with T fastener gastropexy: results of 316 consecutive procedures. Radiology 203:496–500

    Google Scholar 

  5. Wejda B, Deppe H, Huchzermeyer H, Dormann A (2005) PEG placement in patients with ascites: a new approach. Gastrointest Endosc 61:178–180

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. O’Neill MJ, Weissleder R, Gervais DA, Hahn PF, Mueller PR (2001) Tunneled peritoneal catheter placement under sonographic and fluroscopic guidance in the palliative treatment of malignant ascites. AJR Am J Roentgenol 177:615–618

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Richard HM, Coldwell DM, Boyd-Kranis RL, Murthy R, Van Echo DA (2001) Pleurx tunneled catheter in the management of malignant ascites. J Vasc Interv Radiol 12:373–375

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Conflict of interest

P. Bungay has worked on a consultancy basis for Vascutek UK from 2008 to the present. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Imaging Department, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London, W6 8RF, UK

    Katherine van Ree

  2. Radiology Department, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, DE22 3NE, UK

    Peter Thurley & Peter Bungay

  3. 51A Boscombe Road, London, W12 9HT, UK

    Katherine van Ree

Authors
  1. Katherine van Ree
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Peter Thurley
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Peter Bungay
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Katherine van Ree.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

van Ree, K., Thurley, P. & Bungay, P. The Use of a Tunneled Ascitic Drain to Allow Percutaneous Radiologic Insertion of a Gastrostomy. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 34 (Suppl 2), 328–330 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-010-9994-8

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-010-9994-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation