The mystery of the nonfunctioning catheter: An unusual complication of peritoneal dialysis outflow failure

Noninfectious complications of peritoneal dialysis (PD) remain an important impediment to successful implementation of PD. Rare noninfectious complications of the PD catheter are sparsely reported. We report an unusual complication of outflow failure due to a peritoneal catheter that separated into...

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Main Authors: Pramod K Guru, Beth Piraino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2017;volume=28;issue=2;spage=405;epage=409;aulast=Guru