[PERITONEAL VENOUS SHUNT IN THE TREATMENT OF MALIGNANTASCITIS: PRELIMINARY REPORT]

The present study, mentions the use of a valve for the drainage os ascitic fluid, better known as the peritoneo venous shunt, as a paliation treatment in terminal oncologic patients. It was performed in four patients with diseminated carcinomas, of diferent primary ethiology. These patients had a bad life quality, because when admitted in our Radiology suite, the clinical examination showed shortness of breathearly saciety, lethargy, and were found handiccapped to perform their habitual skills. This is a short and preliminar series, but it is an encouraging report, because, the quality of life, our goal, is improved.