A surgical girdle postoperatively may prevent pain and tunnel infections of peritoneal dialysis patients.
CONCLUSION: The use a surgical girdle for 3 days postoperatively and a fixation of the peritoneal dialysis catheter in a curved loop relieves the pain and results in few tunnel infections and subsequent episodes of peritonitis.
PMID: 31648577 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Nilsson C, Sperker W, Schied C, Isaksson M, Stegmayr BG Tags: Int J Artif Organs Source Type: research
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