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  • A Novel Surgical Technique for Urgent Start PD

    Placing a PD catheter with a double purse-string around the inner cuff was safe and feasible for urgent start PD, finds a study of 135 catheter insertions between 2011 and 2018. Double-cuffed straight Tenckhoff catheters were implanted surgically or semi-surgically using the double purse-string technique, and the incidence of leakages, dislocations, peritonitis, and exit-site infection were low. There were no bleeding events, bowel perforations, or hernia formations.

    Read the abstract » | (added 2020-01-09)

    Tags: PD Catheter, Double Purse string, Urgent Start PD

  • A Post-op Surgical Girdle for Pain and Catheter Tunnel Infections in Urgent Start PD

    Urgent start PD can be associated with pain and tunnel infections. In a study of 85 consecutive PD catheter placements, a surgical girdle was used from days 1-3 while patients were supine. Among the 23 patients who completed pain surveys, the girdle helped significantly. Tunnel infections were reduced as well.

    Read the abstract » | (added 2019-11-16)

    Tags: Urgent Start PD, Pain, Tunnel Infection, PD Catheter, Surgical Girdle