TY - JOUR
AU1 - Terawaki, Hiroyuki
AU2 - Fukushima, Naotaro
AU3 - Aoyagi, Keiko
AU4 - Nakajima, Aya
AU5 - Nakayama, Masaaki
AU6 - Karino, Tomokazu
AB - Background: Perforation of intra-abdominal organs such as the bowel and urinary bladder is one of the most serious complications related to peritoneal dialysis catheter (PDC) insertion procedures. Such a risk increases in patients with a history of prior abdominal surgery or irradiation. The “alpha-replacer” is a unique wire that is usually soft, but becomes harder if coiled in the hand. Application of this equipment as a stylet might improve the safety and effectiveness of PDC insertion. Case presentation: A total of eight high-risk patients (organic adhesion, bleeding tendency, poor cardiac function, or malnutrition, or some of these) underwent a new peritoneal dialysis catheter (PDC) insertion procedure named “flexible stylet method” using alpha-replacer as a stylet. As a consequence, the maneuver was completed successfully in all patients and neither patient developed any major complications. Conclusions: The novel “flexible stylet method” as described herein offers effective and safe treatment. Keywords: Peritoneal dialysis, Catheter implantation, Less invasive, Alpha replacer, High risk cases Background replacer” as a stylet, and applied this new technique to Perforation of intra-abdominal organs such as the bowel high-risk patients. and urinary bladder is one of the most serious complica- tions related to the peritoneal dialysis catheter (PDC) in- 
TI - Our experience of the novel “flexible stylet method” for insertion of PD catheter in eight high-risk patients
JF - Renal Replacement Therapy
DO - 10.1186/s41100-016-0066-7
DA - 2016-11-20
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/our-experience-of-the-novel-flexible-stylet-method-for-insertion-of-pd-mLjfp0qZVq
SP - 1
EP - 5
VL - 2
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -