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Impact Of Timing Of Drainage Of Massive Ascites On Operative And Post-Operative Course In Living-Donor Liver Transplant Recipients. A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.

NCT02867293 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2016-08-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Massive ascites is usually controlled over several weeks pre-operatively in liver transplant recipients with the risk of encephalopathy and peritonitis. We hypothesized that intra-operative drainage of ascites will be safe and avoids the inherent risks of pre-operative drainage.

Conditions

  • Massive Ascites

Interventions

PROCEDURE

ultrasound guided ascitic fluid drainage

PROCEDURE

operative drainage of ascites through small skin incision after induction of anesthesia

DEVICE

ultrasound

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mansoura University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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