title: The use and complications of three peritoneal dialysis catheter designs. A retrospective analysis.
abstract: Three types of peritoneal dialysis catheters were used for maintenance peritoneal dialysis access. Seventy-nine single-cuff Tenckhoff catheters, 63 double-cuff Tenckhoff catheters, and 53 Oreopoulos-Zellerman (Toronto-Western) catheters were placed into 147 patients between 1980 and 1984. The double-cuff Tenckhoff catheter proved the most durable of the catheter designs, with a median survival of 19.1 months. Single-cuff catheters exhibited a high risk of failure due to late exit site complications, while surgically placed Oreopoulos-Zellerman catheters often required removal to permit eradication of peritonitis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors