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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.

Not Applicable
Completed
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
Registration Number
NCT02867293
Lead Sponsor
Mansoura University
Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria
  • liver transplant candidates with tense acsites
Exclusion Criteria
  • severe coagulpathy (INR more than 2 or platlet count less than 50) MELD more than 20

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Preop-drainageultrasoundascites drained over the pre-operative week through multiple ultrasound guided paracentesis
Preop-drainageultrasound guided ascitic fluid drainageascites drained over the pre-operative week through multiple ultrasound guided paracentesis
Op-drainageoperative drainage of ascites through small skin incision after induction of anesthesiaascetic fluid drained through an abdominal incision after anesthesia
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
graft survivalone year
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
patient survivalone year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mansoura university

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Mansoura, Dkahleya, Egypt

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