[The complications of the use of hemodialysis catheters in central veins of the upper part of body--own experience].

Catheters with the double lumen are commonly used in order to obtain the temporary access to circulation enabling hemodialysis in patients with renal failure. The placement of catheter in the central vein is not entirely safe procedure. Instead it involves the number of complications connected with both the insertion of catheter and leaving it in the vessel for a longer time.