The importance of the peritoneal dialysis catheter material in orderto perform optimum dialysis in veterinary medicine

This study was conducted on 44 dogs, aged between 10 months and 15 years, weighing between 0.9 and 8.5 kilograms,during 72 months. We created four batches of 11 dogs each. First batch received silicone peritoneal catheters with twoDacron cuffs, second batch received silicone peritoneal catheters without Dacron cuffs, third batch receivedpolypropylene peritoneal catheters with two Dacron cuffs and fourth batch received polypropylene peritoneal catheterswithout Dacron cuffs. All the dogs were treated with the same peritoneal dialysis solution, at the same interval, in thesame doses and at the same temperature and all the peritoneal catheters were straight Blake. In dogs from the firstbatch, we experienced minimum subcutaneous leaks of peritoneal dialysis solution and the catheters were permeablefor at least 90 days. In the second batch, we experienced constant and reduced subcutaneous leaks of peritonealdialysis solution and the catheters were permeable for at least 90 days. In the third batch, we experienced mediumsubcutaneous leaks of peritoneal dialysis solution and the catheters were permeable for at least 45 days. In the fourthbatch, we experienced important subcutaneous leaks of peritoneal dialysis solution and the catheters were permeablefor at most 15 days. The study conclusion is that the best peritoneal catheter it is represented by the silicone peritonealcatheters with two Dacron cuffs.