Tunneled dialysis catheters: pearls and pitfalls

Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2008 Sep;11(3):181-5. doi: 10.1053/j.tvir.2008.09.005.

Abstract

A review of the issues involved in placement of Tunneled Dialysis Catheter with a suggested scheme for maximizing good catheter placement and function.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Catheterization, Peripheral / instrumentation*
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / methods*
  • Catheters, Indwelling*
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / diagnosis*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / rehabilitation*
  • Radiography, Interventional / methods*
  • Renal Dialysis / instrumentation*
  • Renal Dialysis / methods*