A new meta-analysis suggests that peritoneal dialysis catheter placement using either laparoscopic or percutaneous techniques ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The risk of peritonitis associated with infections of the peritoneal catheter exit site can be reduced by the use of proper exit-site care, such as the routine administration of prophylactic ...

Sterilized honey was shown to be effective in preventing peritoneal dialysis catheter site infections, according to a study presented at the European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant ...

Peritoneal dialysis is an alternative to haemodialysis and is used to treat patients with end-stage renal disease. It involves infusing fluid into the peritoneal cavity via a catheter and leaving it ...