Background: Fluoroscopically guided guidewire manipulations are readily available and
inexpensive methods of correcting malfunctioning peritoneal dialysis catheters, with …

PURPOSE: To evaluate patency rates after guide wire directed manipulation of
malfunctioning continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) catheters. MATERIALS …

Purpose To assess the efficacy of fluoroscopic guide wire manipulation in patients with
malfunctioning peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters that were initially placed by interventional …

Background: Peritoneal catheter is the lifeline for the continuous ambulatory peritoneal
dialysis (CAPD) patients. Over the years, obstruction or displacement of the CAPD catheter …

Objective To review our experience with fluoroscopic evaluation and manipulation of
malpositioned, malfunctioning, peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters. Materials and Methods …

Background Transluminal replacement of a displaced peritoneal catheter (TRC) using a
metal guidewire is a noninvasive treatment of catheter displacement with acute malfunction …

Tenckhoff peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter malposition is one of the leading causes of
catheter malfunction. Fluoroscopically directed stiff-wire manipulation of malpositioned PD …

Results Four of 15 malfunctioning catheters were successfully treated by immediate
conservative treatment. The remaining 11 cases were enrolled into this study. In total, 11 …

Background Peritoneal dialysis catheter (PDC) dysfunction can often be treated
fluoroscopically by manipulation with wire, balloon or stiff stylet, saving surgical intervention …

From January 1989 to June 1994 we examined the success rate of fluoroscopically guided
stiff wire manipulation of malfunctioning peritoneal dialysis catheters (PDCs) at St. Paul's …