Thoracoscopic mesh implantation as a definitive treatment approach for peritoneal dialysis-associated hydrothorax

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• who: Attila Nemeth from the The retrospective study cohort comprised , PD patients with PL receiving VATS at our University hospital (Table, )The median age was , (range, ). , patients were male, and , were female. , patients were treated with continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD), and , patient was treated with continuous cyclic PD (CCPD). All patients had end-stage renal disease of various etiologies (n=, nephrosclerosis, n=, polycystic kidney disease, n=, glomerulonephritis, n=, diabetic nephropathy). All patients developed hydrothorax at the right side soon after initiation of PD (Fig. A), and the definitive diagnosis was made after a median of , days have . . .
  

   

  

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