Peritoneal dialysis involves using a catheter and IV line to exchange blood. It only took about a week of training before Brown was able to do it himself. Shah said they make sure it becomes a ...

Laparoscopic insertion of a peritoneal dialysis catheter is usually performed under general anaesthesia. ... (12 out of 21) of catheters inserted laparoscopically and 54% (13 out of 24) of those ...

Table 2. Indications for Removal of Catheter Reference. Garcia-Martinez MC,Leonos Mirinda A, Factors associated with peritoneal dialysis catheter failure in chronic renal insufficiency, Rev Invest ...

Initiating peritoneal dialysis used to be complicated. It required open surgical placement of catheters in the abdomen by experienced surgeons, it needed anaesthetists and dedicated operation ...

Conducted over 5 years, from 2008 to 2013, this RCT tried to determine the optimal time for peritoneal dialysis (PD) after catheter insertion in patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease.

Patients with end-stage renal disease who opt for peritoneal dialysis experience no greater risk of catheter infection than those who undergo hemodialysis, a retrospective study at UT Southwestern ...

Peritonitis – The common complication from peritoneal dialysis is the infection around the catheter site or infection of the lining of the abdominal wall.The infection has a tendency of becoming ...

Peritoneal dialysis catheter. To carry out peritoneal dialysis, surgeons use a long, thin, and flexible silicone-based tube, which is known as the Tenckhoff catheter.