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Our nine-year experience with the self-locating catheter: comparison of malfunction rate with other Tenckhoff
M Lanuza1, J I Minguela, R Rodado
1Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
Objective:
To evaluate catheter-related complications among self-locating and other variants of Tenckhoff catheters.
Patients And Methods:
We studied all self-locating catheters implanted in our hospitals from May/97 to Dec/05. We extended the follow-up to Jun/05. We collected demographic data, causes of catheter withdrawal and dropping of PD. We studied data about technique and catheter related complications.
Results:
We included 328 catheters in 285 patients. There were 258 self-locating, 55 straight and 15 curled. There was a higher rate of catheter withdrawal due to malfunction in patients with straight or pig-tail catheters than in self-locating ones (log-rank, p < 0.001).
Conclusion:
In our patients, self-locating catheters have a lower malfunction rate than other variants of Tenckhoff catheters.
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