What is the risk of abdominocentesis?
Although complications associated with this procedure are rare, removing fluid from the abdomen does pose a risk for iatrogenic vascular damage (hemoperitoneum), pneumoperitoneum, the spread of infection, and peritonitis.
Although complications associated with this procedure are rare, removing fluid from the abdomen does pose a risk for iatrogenic vascular damage (hemoperitoneum), pneumoperitoneum, the spread of infection, and peritonitis.
