TY - JOUR
AU - Swartz, Richard D.
AB - © 1984 S. K a rge r A G . Basel Nephron 3 6: 144(1984) 0028-2766/84/0362-0144 S2.75/0 The Tenckhoif Catheter for Peritoneal D ialysis Dear Sir, clearly between the mechanical morbidity of temporary stiff plastic catheters for acute peritoneal dialysis and im­ A recent article by J. Rubin et al. [Nephron 32: 370-374, planted soft silastic devices for chronic treatment. In clos­ 1982] described the mechanical complications of chronic ing, w'e note wúth interest that the rates of early mechanical peritoneal dialysis catheters. The data presented are a wel­ complications, such as early leaking or early drainage comed addition to the literature which is sparse concerning failures, are comparable with these 2 types o f devices, expected mechanical complications after placement o f such a conclusion not intended by Rubin et al. but apparent in devices. We, too, are interested in this area of clinical the comparison o f our original data and that reported. interest and have gathered and presented some o f our own data; however, the reference citation by Rubin et al. (citation number 5) to one of our articles [1] incorrectly Reference interprets the experience which we published. The refer­ 1 Valk, T .; Swartz, 
TI - The Tenckhoff Catheter for Peritoneal Dialysis
JF - Nephron
DO - 10.1159/000183136
DA - 1984-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/karger/the-tenckhoff-catheter-for-peritoneal-dialysis-mZhyG1M6ya
SP - 144
EP - 144
VL - 36
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
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