Abstract

Background and Aim: About 10% of cirrhotic patients are unresponsive to sodium restriction and diuretics and develop refractory ascites. Such patients usually require recurrent large volume paracentesis and lots of hospital admissions. Hereby, we introduce a method applying a central vein (CV) catheter for large volume paracentesis in patients with refractory ascites.

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