Palliative long-term abdominal drains vs large volume paracenteses for the management of refractory ascites in end-stage liver disease

Figure 1 Comparison of overall survival between cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites palliated with long-term abdominal drain or repeat large volume paracentesis. LTAD: Long-term abdominal drain; LVP: Large volume paracentesis.

Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier curves illustrating prediction of endpoints according to drain type. A: Comparison of time to first ascites/drain-related hospitalisation between patients with long-term abdominal drains (LTAD) and patients undergoing large volume paracentesis (LVP); B: Comparison of time to acute kidney injury between patients with LTAD and patients undergoing LVP; C: Comparison of time to drain-related complications between patients with LTAD and patients undergoing LVP. LTAD: Long-term abdominal drain; LVP: Large volume paracentesis; AKI: Acute kidney injury.