Safety and durable patency of tunneled hemodialysis catheter inserted without fluoroscopy

• Main Authors: Do Hyoung Kim (Author), Sojung Youn (Author), Tae Hyun Ban (Author), Bum Soon Choi (Author), Byung Soo Kim (Author), Cheol Whee Park (Author), Chul Woo Yang (Author), Hoon Suk Park (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background A tunneled hemodialysis (HD) catheter is preferred due to its lower incidence of infection and malfunction than non-tunneled ones. For safer insertion, fluoroscopic guidance is desirable. However, if the patient is unstable, transfer to the fluoroscopy may be impossible or inappropriate....