Successful Initiation of Dialysis with a 20-Year-Old Buried Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter: Case Report and Literature Review

Ankur Gupta; Susan Lavoie; Brian Blew; Mohan Biyani; Brendan B. McCormick

doi:10.1155/2019/5678026

Case Reports in Nephrology (Jan 2019)

Successful Initiation of Dialysis with a 20-Year-Old Buried Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter: Case Report and Literature Review

Ankur Gupta,
Susan Lavoie,
Brian Blew,
Mohan Biyani,
Brendan B. McCormick

Affiliations

Ankur Gupta: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, Canada
Susan Lavoie: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, Canada
Brian Blew: Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital, Canada
Mohan Biyani: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, Canada
Brendan B. McCormick: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/5678026
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2019

Abstract

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Buried peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters are typically inserted several weeks or months before the anticipated need for dialysis. Occasionally, renal function unexpectedly stabilizes after the surgery, and a patient may go years before the catheter is needed. We report a case of successful initiation of PD with a twenty-year-old buried catheter. We outline the steps needed to optimize the catheter function and review the benefits of the buried PD catheter.

Published in Case Reports in Nephrology

ISSN: 2090-6641 (Print); 2090-665X (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1731

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