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Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 4013052, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4013052
Clinical Study

Pigtail Catheter: A Less Invasive Option for Pleural Drainage in Egyptian Patients with Recurrent Hepatic Hydrothorax

Mohamed Sharaf-Eldin,1 Adel Salah Bediwy,2 Abdelrahman Kobtan,1 Sherief Abd-Elsalam,1 Ferial El-Kalla,1 Loai Mansour,1 Walaa Elkhalawany,1 Mohamed Elhendawy,1 and Samah Soliman1

1Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta 35127, Egypt
2Chest Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta 35127, Egypt

Received 26 February 2016; Revised 18 April 2016; Accepted 15 May 2016

Academic Editor: Anastasios Koulaouzidis

Copyright © 2016 Mohamed Sharaf-Eldin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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