Open AccessA ten-year single-centre experience in children on chronic peritoneal dialysis--significance of percutaneous placement of peritoneal dialysis catheters
Author(s) -
Nejat Aksu,
Önder Yavaşcan,
Murat Anıl,
O. D. Kara,
Hakan Erdoğan,
Alkan Bal
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfm150
Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal dialysis , percutaneous , complication , surgery , dialysis , renal replacement therapy , treatment modality , catheter
Chronic peritoneal dialysis (CPD) in children is an important modality of renal replacement therapy. The ideal method for inserting CPD catheters remains still controversial. Minimal invasive techniques are becoming more popular. This study was performed in order to evaluate the efficiency, the complication profile and the survey of percutaneously placed CPD catheters in children, retrospectively.
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