Image-guided dialysis access ports more successful, less costly than surgery.
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.
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