The peritoneum is a membrane that lines the abdominal cavity. It houses the digestive tract, liver, and other organs.

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2). Through the translucent stretched abdominal wall, we saw a large volume of reddish-brown peritoneal fluid. Before entering the abdominal cavity, we withdrew 35 ml of fluid by syringe.

Therefore, we considered that the peritonitis and peritoneal effusion probably developed secondary to the pancreatitis and leakage of pancreatic enzymes into the abdominal cavity. Acute ...

Ovarian cancer tends to metastasize through peritoneal fluid into the peritoneal cavity, which is the larger space in the body that houses the stomach and intestines. Cancer in the peritoneal ...

Drug delivery systems can alter drug clearance from the peritoneal cavity and drug toxicity profiles. For example, IP injection of cisplatin-loaded polymeric microspheres (100–200 µm ...

The distal shunt, which has been subcutaneously tunneled from the head toward the abdomen, is inserted through the needle and placed into the peritoneal cavity under direct laparoscopic vision.