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Laparoscopic manipulation of a malfunctioning peritoneal dialysis catheter in a child
S M Graham1, J L Flowers, K Fritz
1Center for Advances in Videoscopic Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore 21201, USA.
Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
A case of outflow obstruction of a peritoneal dialysis catheter in a 12-year-old boy is presented. The cause of obstruction was identified and remedied by laparoscopic means. Laparoscopy has important diagnostic and therapeutic roles in the evaluation of malfunctioning peritoneal dialysis catheters.