Acta Medica (Jan 2003)

Bowel Perforation During Catheter Removal After the Sixth Month of Peritoneal Dialysis Termination

  • Ali Borazan,
  • Hasan Üstün,
  • Muharrem Akkaş,
  • Oğuz Özbay,
  • Ahmet Yılmaz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.10
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 46, no. 2
pp. 77 – 78

Abstract

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Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is widely used in the treatment of end stage renal failure patients. Delayed injury to the bowel is an uncommon complication of CAPD catheter. In this article, we presented a case of bowel perforation during catheter removal after the sixth month of peritoneal dialysis termination.

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