TY - JOUR
T1 - The self-locating catheter
T2 - Clinical experience and follow-up
AU - Di Paolo, Nicola
AU - Capotondo, Luigi
AU - Sansoni, Enrico
AU - Romolini, Valerio
AU - Simola, Matteo
AU - Gaggiotti, Enzo
AU - Bercia, Roberto
AU - Buoncristiani, Umberto
AU - Cantù, Paola
AU - Concetti, Massimo
AU - De Vecchi, Amedeo
AU - Fatuzzo, Pasquale
AU - Giannattasio, Michele
AU - La Rosa, Roberto
AU - Lopez, Teodoro
AU - Lo Piccolo, Giuseppe
AU - Melandri, Marcello
AU - Vezzoli, Giuseppe
AU - Orazi, Ersilia
AU - Pacitti, Alfonso
AU - Ramello, Adriano
AU - Russo, Franco
AU - Napoli, Marcello
AU - Tessarin, Maria Cristina
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - ◆ Background: The self-locating catheter invented by Nicola Di Paolo has been used increasingly in Italy and elsewhere since 1994, with about a thousand patients currently implanted every year. Twelve grams of tungsten inserted into the tip of the conventional Tenckhoff catheter during extrusion does not significantly change its form, but suffices to keep the tip firmly in the Douglas cavity. ◆ Objective: The aim of the present study was to confirm our preliminary results in a large population of peritoneal dialysis patients. ◆ Setting: 16 Italian nephrology departments. ◆ Results: In addition to confirming the validity of the new catheter, the present results show that patients with the new catheter have fewer episodes of peritonitis, tunnel infection, cuff extrusion, catheter malfunction, obstruction, and leakage. ◆ Conclusion: The present multicenter control study confirms preliminary results and demonstrates that complications of peritoneal dialysis, such as cuff extrusion, infection, peritonitis, early leakage, and obstruction, are statistically less frequent in patients with self-locating catheters than in patients with classic Tenckhoff catheters.
AB - ◆ Background: The self-locating catheter invented by Nicola Di Paolo has been used increasingly in Italy and elsewhere since 1994, with about a thousand patients currently implanted every year. Twelve grams of tungsten inserted into the tip of the conventional Tenckhoff catheter during extrusion does not significantly change its form, but suffices to keep the tip firmly in the Douglas cavity. ◆ Objective: The aim of the present study was to confirm our preliminary results in a large population of peritoneal dialysis patients. ◆ Setting: 16 Italian nephrology departments. ◆ Results: In addition to confirming the validity of the new catheter, the present results show that patients with the new catheter have fewer episodes of peritonitis, tunnel infection, cuff extrusion, catheter malfunction, obstruction, and leakage. ◆ Conclusion: The present multicenter control study confirms preliminary results and demonstrates that complications of peritoneal dialysis, such as cuff extrusion, infection, peritonitis, early leakage, and obstruction, are statistically less frequent in patients with self-locating catheters than in patients with classic Tenckhoff catheters.
KW - Catheter dislocation
KW - Peritonitis
KW - Self-locating catheter
KW - Tenckhoff catheter
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M3 - Article
C2 - 15335150
AN - SCOPUS:4444324580
SN - 0896-8608
VL - 24
SP - 359
EP - 364
JO - Peritoneal Dialysis International
JF - Peritoneal Dialysis International
IS - 4
ER -