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With a self-designed peritoneo-venous shunt device, the authors made experimental studies in 10 dogs and 1 monkey which were rendered ascitic by constriction of the vena cava just above the diaphragm. Ascites disappeared in all animals rapidly following insertion of shunt device. From Nov. 1980 to Jan. 1983, this peritoneo-venous shunt device was applied clinically in 24 patients with intractable ascites, among whom 12 developed the disease due to schistosomiasis and 12 were late cases of liver cirrhosis. Ascites disappeared in all cases in 3–14 days with decrease of the abdominal circumference and improvement of the patients’ general condition.
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Ze, X., Mingfu, J. Experimental and clinical experiences with peritoneo-venous shunt (locally made Z-CI device) in the treatment of intractable ascites. Acta Academiae Medicinae Wuhan 3, 193–198 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02856877
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02856877