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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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Partial reimplantation of Tenckhoff catheter for channel perforation and aneurysm: A case series
Shrawan K Singh1, Dig Vijay Singh1, Vivekanand Jha2, Vinay Sakhuja2
1 Department of Urology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
2 Department of Nephrology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
Correspondence Address:
Shrawan K Singh
Department of Urology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.114036
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Tenckhoff catheter placement is a well established procedure to facilitate continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) management. The removal and replacement of the catheter following complications adds morbidity in an already immunocompromised patient of ESRD. A salvage procedure with partial replacement was undertaken in four patients on CAPD. By catheter repositioning, the complications of catheter removal (like wound hematoma, abscess, need of break-in period hemodialysis) and of reinsertion (like leak, obstruction, migration, infection and failure) are avoided. It also reduced the economic burden of insertion in a new catheter. |
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