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Perit Dial Int 4(3): 156-157 1984
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A TECHNIQUE TO ERADICATE TUNNEL INFECTION WITHOUT PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CATHETER REMOVAL

Sharon P. Andreoli, Karen W. West, Jay L. Grosfeld and Jerry M. Bergstein

From the Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46223.

In two adolescents maintained on CAPD, infections of the peritoneal catheter tunnel were treated by an "unroofing" technique. The infections were eradicated without catheter removal or interruption of CAPD.

KEY WORDS: Tunnel infection; peritoneal dialysis; unroofing.






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