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  • Title: The use and complications of three peritoneal dialysis catheter designs. A retrospective analysis.
    Author: Flanigan MJ, Ngheim DD, Schulak JA, Ullrich GE, Freeman RM.
    Journal: ASAIO Trans; 1987; 33(1):33-8. PubMed ID: 3828160.
    Abstract:
    Three types of peritoneal dialysis catheters were used for maintenance peritoneal dialysis access. Seventy-nine single-cuff Tenckhoff catheters, 63 double-cuff Tenckhoff catheters, and 53 Oreopoulos-Zellerman (Toronto-Western) catheters were placed into 147 patients between 1980 and 1984. The double-cuff Tenckhoff catheter proved the most durable of the catheter designs, with a median survival of 19.1 months. Single-cuff catheters exhibited a high risk of failure due to late exit site complications, while surgically placed Oreopoulos-Zellerman catheters often required removal to permit eradication of peritonitis.
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