A prospective randomized comparison of the Swan neck, coiled, and straight Tenckhoff catheters in patients on CAPD

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Lye, Wai Choong ^a,b   Kour, Nam Wee ^a   Van Der Straaten, Jane C ^a   Leong, See Odd ^a   Lee, Evan J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Exit site infections; Peritonitis; Straight Tenckhoff catheter; Swan neck catheter; Technique survival; Tunnel infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWAN GANZ CATHETER;

EID: 0029890726     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686089601601s64     Document Type: Conference Paper

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