Pig Trial of the Mag-Cath—Magnetic PD Catheter
What if a PD catheter could be adjusted without a wire or surgery? A new PD catheter design may one day make this possible. A test by doctors and medical students to move the catheter tip in two ways using a magnet found that the tasks were easy to accomplish and took less than a minute.
Read the full article » | Posted 09-11-2020
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