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Vertical Tunnel-based Low-site Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Implantation Decreases the Incidence of...

Vertical Tunnel-based Low-site Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Implantation Decreases the Incidence of...

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Vertical Tunnel-based Low-site Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Implantation Decreases the Incidence of Catheter Malfunction

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Full title

Vertical Tunnel-based Low-site Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Implantation Decreases the Incidence of Catheter Malfunction

Publisher

United States: SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC

Journal title

The American surgeon, 2015-11, Vol.81 (11), p.1157-1162

Language

English

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United States: SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC

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Contents

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is often complicated by catheter dysfunction. We designed a PD catheter implantation technique to reduce catheter dysfunction. Between June 2008 and 2012, 89 patients with end-stage renal disease were enrolled into a prospective study and randomly assigned to receive traditional catheter implantation by open surgery (n = 41...

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Full title

Vertical Tunnel-based Low-site Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Implantation Decreases the Incidence of Catheter Malfunction

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1750445680

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1750445680

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ISSN

0003-1348

E-ISSN

1555-9823

DOI

10.1177/000313481508101129

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