# 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.

> **NCT02867293** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Mansoura University** · enrollment: 80 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Massive Ascites

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** ultrasound guided ascitic fluid drainage
- **PROCEDURE:** operative drainage of ascites through small skin incision after induction of anesthesia
- **DEVICE:** ultrasound

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02867293
- **Lead sponsor:** Mansoura University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-01
- **Primary completion:** 2016-01
- **Final completion:** 2016-01
- **Target enrollment:** 80 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-08-15


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02867293

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02867293, "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.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02867293. Licensed CC0.

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