A new salvage procedure for peritoneal dialysis catheters with exit site infections

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1215-1217

  St Laurent, Matthew ^a   Surendranath, C ^a   Saad, Theodore ^a   Halff, Glenn ^a   Esterl Jr , Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MALE; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY;

EID: 0031765359     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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