Where should ascitic drains be placed? Revisiting anatomical landmarks for paracentesis

Gut. 2021 Nov;70(11):2216-2217. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323731. Epub 2021 Jan 5.

Authors

Keith Siau¹, Naomi Robson², Steven Bollipo^{3

4}; Global Online Alliance for Liver Studies (GOAL); Global Online Alliance for Liver Studies (GOAL)

Collaborators

Devika Kapuria, Atoosa Rabiee, Gil Ben-Yakov, Goutham Kumar, Stephen Congly, Juan Turnes, Renumathy Dhanasekaran, Rashid N Lui, Hye-Won Lee

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, UK keith@siau.org.
² Biology Department, University of Toronto - Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Gastroenterology, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ School of Medicine & Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 33402414
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323731

No abstract available

Keywords: ascites.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Ascites*
Drainage
Humans
Paracentesis*