Help! Ovarian CA and pigtail catheter?

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Can someone plz help me out here? I have a pt. with ovarian ca and significant ascites. I can't seem to find any info on pigtail catheters in my nursing text pertaining to ovarian ca. I have another pt with a tenkhoff catheter that I drain BID, so is this pigtail essentially used for the same purpose, to drain excess fluid from the peritoneum??

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is this pigtail essentially used for the same purpose, to drain excess fluid from the peritoneum?? i would suspect that the pigtail was used to access a particular area because of it's shape. it is being used as a drain.

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Thanks Daytonite! :)

That's basically the same that I came up with on my google search. The cancerweb site I found particularly useful and informative.

Thanks again. :)

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