title: Image-guided dialysis access ports more successful, less costly than surgery.
abstract: Percutaneous dialysis catheters. Interventional radiologists can implant dialysis catheters quicker and more reliably than vascular surgeons, which can translate into big savings. A study from Yale University suggests that surgical dialysis sites may cost three times as much as percutaneous devices.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000628:therapy; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000191:economics*; D003237:Connecticut; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D009513:New Hampshire; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics