Peritoneal dialysis access: Prospective randomized comparison of single-cuff and double-cuff straight Tenckhoff catheters

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2664-2666

  Eklund, B ^a   Honkanen, E ^a   Kyllonen L ^a   Salmela, K ^a   Kala, A R ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Catheter implantation; Peritoneal dialysis; Straight Tenckhoff catheter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CUFF; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030724805     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.12.2664     Document Type: Article

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