title: Transcutaneous intravascular transposition of a permanent dialysis catheter.
abstract: Permanent catheters are used to provide long-lasting access for long-term dialysis therapy in certain patients when creating an arteriovenous fistula between their own vessels is not possible, when there are contraindications for fistula creation or when the expected lifetime of the patient is short. We present the case of a patient with terminal renal insufficiency treated with hemodialysis for 5 years. Due to post-thrombotic changes and venous stenosis resulting from long-term cannulation with dialysis catheters, the replacement catheter was inserted through the previously used canal and transcutaneous intravascular catheter transposition was performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Bariatric Surgery and Emergency Medicine in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piecuch
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Bariatric Surgery and Emergency Medicine in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wiewióra
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Cardiology in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jacheć
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Bariatric Surgery and Emergency Medicine in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szrot
authors.affiliation: Student Scientific Society at Department of General and Bariatric Surgery and Emergency Medicine in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krzak
keywords: endovascular catheter transposition; hemodialysis; permanent catheters