A randomized trial comparing conventional swan-neck straight-tip catheters to straight-tip catheters with an artificial subcutaneous swan neck.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of inserting a straight-tip Tenckhoff catheter configured with a subcutaneous artificial swan neck.

Design: Clinical outcomes of conventional swan-neck straight-tip catheters and Tenckhoff straight-tip catheters implanted with an artificial subcutaneous swan neck were compared in a prospective randomized controlled trial in a single-center setting.

Patients And Methods: Patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion were randomized to receive either a double-cuff straight-tip Tenckhoff catheter with an artificial subcutaneous swan-neck (TC) or a conventional double-cuff straight-tip swan-neck catheter (SN).

Surgical management of pseudoaneurysm complicating arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis.

Objective: To report surgical experience in pseudoaneurysm (PA) repair of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for renal hemodialysis.

Methods: Twenty patients undergoing PA repair of AVF for renal hemodialysis were treated in Central Hospital Conde S. Januario of Macao.

Volume control in diabetic and nondiabetic peritoneal dialysis patients.

Unlabelled: Diabetic patients especially the elderly have higher mortality on peritoneal dialysis treatment as compared to nondiabetic patients. As fluid overload is an important contributor for the high dropout rate in peritoneal dialysis therapy, the present study tried to compare the fluid status in diabetic and non-diabetic peritoneal dialysis patients and to investigate the effect of salt and water restriction on fluid status in diabetic peritoneal dialysis patients.

Methods: A cross sectional study was performed in 58 peritoneal dialysis patients who had been treated for at least 3 months.