No Benefit to Postponing PD Catheter Removal After Transplant

Data collected from 324 patients at five centers matched patients who had PD catheters removed during transplant with those who had them removed after a transplant. Metrics included need for dialysis within 2 months after transplant, catheter-related infection/peritonitis/surgical site infection, and length of hospitalization. Analysis revealed that 14% of patients needed postoperative dialysis (no statistically significant difference between groups. There were no differences in the composite infection endpoint—but hospitalization was significantly higher in the post-transplant removal group.

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Tags: Catheter related Infections, Delayed Graft Function, Kidney Transplantation, Peritoneal Dialysis