Suprahepatic approach for peritoneal dialysis in neonatal cardiac surgery.

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Al Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Published: December 2003

For peritoneal dialysis of neonates after cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass, a Tenckhoff catheter was inserted via the sternotomy wound and guided suprahepatically into the abdomen. The technique was used in 84 neonates and found to be safe, simple, and reproducible.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/021849230301100423DOI Listing

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