Outcomes following peritoneal dialysis catheter removal with reinsertion or permanent transfer to haemodialysis.

CONCLUSION: Patient survival was comparable between patients who re-attempted peritoneal dialysis and patients who transferred to haemodialysis. Patients who had previous catheter removal due to infections had favourable technique survival than those due to catheter malfunction. PMID: 31032729 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Journal of Vascular Access - Category: Surgery Tags: J Vasc Access Source Type: research