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A tube tunnelled into the tummy so fluid that builds up because of cancer can be drained at home in small amounts, instead of coming into hospital for a large drain each time.
NICE recommends "The PeritX system ... as an option for drainage of treatment-resistant, recurrent malignant peritoneal ascites" (HTG282, formerly MTG9, published 21 March 2012, updated 19 July 2022), estimating a saving of £1,095 per person against inpatient large-volume paracentesis. In the United States these are product code PNG (peritoneal drainage catheter for refractory ascites, long-term indwelling). PeritX (Bard Peripheral Vascular, K241946, 6 December 2024) is indicated for "intermittent, long-term drainage of symptomatic, recurrent, malignant and nonmalignant ascites that does not respond to medical management of the underlying disease". Rocket Medical's peritoneal catheter (K162457, 14 November 2016), Merit Medical's Aspira peritoneal system (K212675, 14 December 2021) and Bearpac's Passio (K230319, 24 November 2023) are cleared under the same code.
A cuffed silicone catheter is tunnelled into the peritoneal cavity with a valved external end; vacuum bottles or a pump drain a set volume at home every few days.
Query for this technology: (TITLE:"Indwelling peritoneal catheters for malignant ascites" OR ABSTRACT:"Indwelling peritoneal catheters for malignant ascites" OR TITLE:"PeritX, Rocket, Aspira, Passio" OR ABSTRACT:"PeritX, Rocket, Aspira, Passio" OR TITLE:"Indwelling peritoneal catheter" OR ABSTRACT:"Indwelling peritoneal catheter" OR TITLE:"Tunnelled peritoneal catheter" OR ABSTRACT:"Tunnelled peritoneal catheter") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about Indwelling peritoneal catheters for malignant ascites (PeritX, Rocket, Aspira, Passio), not a curated reading list.
Shares BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), Ovarian cancer, Colorectal cancer and the tag devices-gaps-2026-11.
Shares BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and the tag devices-gaps-2026-11.
Shares Early integrated palliative care, Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer, Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, Colorectal cancer and the tag devices-gaps-2026-11.
Shares BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and the tag devices-gaps-2026-11.
Shares Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer, Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, Colorectal cancer and the tag devices-gaps-2026-11.
Shares BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), Colorectal cancer and the tag devices-gaps-2026-11.
Shares Early integrated palliative care, Colorectal cancer and the tag devices-gaps-2026-11.
Shares BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and the tag devices-gaps-2026-11.
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