Placement of catheters for peritoneal dialysis is also offered. Patients with a history of prior abdominal surgery will benefit from our experience with laparoscopic exploration and adhesiolysis.

Internal jugular vein placement with positioning of the ... was designed as a totally subcutaneous alternative to hemodialysis catheters. It combines port and catheter technology, allowing ...

Central venous catheter-related blood stream infection (CRBSI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease treated with chronic hemodialysis. Risk factors ...

Inflammation or the presence of purulence at the catheter insertion site of nontunneled ... collecting blood for culture in tunneled and hemodialysis catheters. [52] They found no significant ...

Use of high-dose (46.7%) sodium citrate locks for central venous catheters (CVCs) being used for maintenance hemodialysis provides no advantage over 5% heparin locks in reducing infections or ...

Our program provides interventional nephrology training in a collaborative environment, to include hemodialysis and peritoneal catheter placement. We have specialty clinics across our medical campus, ...

Similar postinsertion complication and technical survival rates are seen with single- and double-purse-string suture catheter insertion methods for peritoneal dialysis, according to a study ...