Dialysis efficacy and pain levels in relation to cannulation distance using the buttonhole technique

Abstract Objective In this study, we investigated whether there was any difference in pain and dialysis efficacy when patients who initially entered dialysis with the rope ladder technique were switched to the buttonhole technique. Methods We reduced the space between needles and examined the effect...

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Main Authors: Öznur Kal, Enes Duman, Ali Kal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Renal Replacement Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41100-020-00291-y