A peritoneal dialysis catheter is a soft tube that is inserted into the abdomen in order to remove waste products from the blood (normally removed by the kidneys). Laparoscopic insertion - also known ...

Patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis catheter placement via fluoroscopy and ultrasound-guidance experienced significantly fewer complications at 1 year post-insertion than did patients whose ...

Conducted over 5 years, from 2008 to 2013, this RCT tried to determine the optimal time for peritoneal dialysis (PD) after catheter insertion in patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease. The ideal ...

ED Highly Prevalent in Men with Failed Hypospadias Repair Follow-up procedures are significantly more likely to be required if PD catheters are inserted by interventionalists instead of general or ...

The radiological insertion of a first peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter under fluoroscopic guidance seems to be clinically noninferior to and cheaper than catheter insertion using laparoscopic surgery ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Both advanced image-guided percutaneous and advanced laparoscopic techniques had rare major complications. Each ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (DECEMBER 23, 2014). Researchers conducted a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial at Bern University Hospital in Switzerland to compare a laparoscopic procedure with a ...

Peritoneal dialysis is the method of choice in chronic dialysis treatment in children worldwide. The benefits of this method are multiple, including simplicity, low costs, better blood pressure ...

Within the first month postinsertion, there were no significant intergroup differences in terms of infection complication rates or noninfection complication rates. (HealthDay News) — Similar ...

A peritoneal dialysis catheter is a soft tube that is inserted into the abdomen in order to remove waste products from the blood (normally removed by the kidneys). Laparoscopic insertion - also known ...