Patients with end-stage renal disease who opt for peritoneal dialysis experience no greater risk of catheter infection than those who undergo hemodialysis, a new study has found. Patients with ...

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 ...

Rainhardt Engelbrecht (1) who is battling bilateral multi-cystic dysplastic kidneys underwent surgery on May 19, for the insertion of a PD catheter. This is the beginning of his dialysis toward his ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Can we expect to lower the variability in PD outcomes without substantive change in the design of PD programs in ...

A study of risk factors associated with peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter survival found that a non-infectious catheter-related problem was the only independent variable significantly associated with ...

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 ...

Adhesions resulting from previous abdominal surgery can cause migration, kinking and obstruction of catheters in patients initiating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). These ...

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

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Studies have shown patients with end-stage kidney disease treated with peritoneal dialysis perceive they have a ...

On the occasion of World Kidney Day 2021 being observed on March 11, let's talk about different kinds of dialysis. Chronic kidney disease is one of the major non-communicable diseases affecting 229 ...