Respecting shape memory to optimize peritoneal dialysis catheter outcomes.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/ki.2014.238.
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Abstract
Disruption of the shape memory of a peritoneal dialysis catheter at the time of insertion may be a factor responsible for tip migration and catheter dysfunction. The use of postimplantation radiology to confirm the preservation of both the swan neck angle and the inclination angle may have a role in standardizing insertion technique with the potential to reduce the impact of operator variation on catheter outcomes.
Medical subject headings
- Catheter Obstruction
- Catheters, Indwelling
- Foreign-Body Migration
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Radiography, Abdominal