Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6245949 | Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Cognitively impaired patients often pull at their dialysis catheters when the catheters are tunneled over the anterior chest. To potentially circumvent this, a technique was developed that tunnels the catheter posteriorly, over the patient's shoulder. A total of 32 posteriorly tunneled catheters were placed in 12 patients. The mean catheter use interval was 164 days, with a total of 5,248 catheter use days. Indications for nonelective catheter removals were catheter dysfunction (n = 7; 23.3%), removal by the patient (n = 7; 23.3%), infection (n = 5; 16.7%), and inadvertent dislodgment (n = 1; 3.3%). Only six of the 12 patients were able to dislodge their catheters. The procedure described here reduced catheter manipulation and extended catheter viability in these patients.
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Authors
Marianne J. BSc, Bharat MD, FRCPC, Peter M. MD, FRCPC,