You can find a video of how to put the catheter in anywhere. The part that is confusing is the tubing and the suction set up. We don’t do these often enough to be familiar with the whole setup, so here it is.

When our radiologist does a large volume paracentesis, they use device lovingly referred to as “the tree.” It is nice because it is one set up to drain up to 12 liters. No more switching bottle after bottle. It holds four 3-liter canisters and uses a single suction set up. Here’s how to do it.