title: Outcomes of peritoneal dialysis catheter reinsertion: does the cause of initial removal matter?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In this study, we aimed to compare patient and technique survival between the patients, in whom peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter was removed due to severe peritonitis and then it was reinserted, and those, in whom PD catheter was removed due to non-peritonitis causes and then it was reinserted.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-two patients, in whom PD catheter was reinserted surgically, were retrospectively analyzed in this cohort study. Group 1 consisted of 27 patients in whom PD catheter was removed due to severe peritonitis, whereas Group 2 consisted of 35 patients in whom PD catheter was removed due to non-peritonitis causes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference between Group 1 and Group 2 in terms of the estimation of overall patient survival [43 months (95 % CI 43.6-83.7) versus 80 months (95 % CI 52.8-107.3, p 0.362]. Similarly, there was no significant difference between Group 1 and Group 2 in terms of the estimation of overall technique survival [82 months (95 % CI 0-166.0) versus 31 months (95 % CI 9.7-52.3), p 0.346].
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that there was no significant effect of causes of PD catheter removal (peritonitis vs. non-peritonitis) on the outcomes of PD treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Erciyes University Medical School, Kayseri, Turkey, aydinunal2003@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Aydin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.forename: Tamer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arikan
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kocyigit
authors.forename: Murat Hayri
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Sipahioglu
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tokgoz
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oymak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002404:Catheterization; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
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