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AUTHOR
Andrzej Piersiak
The efficacy of single suture for exit site wound closure and stabilization of hemodialysis central tunneled catheter
Introduction: The majority of the end-stage renal disease patients begin hemodialysis with the central tunneled catheter as a permanent or bridge vascular access. The procedure of central tunneled catheter insertion can be complicated by exit site bleeding, prolonged tunnel healing, and infection. The study aimed at evaluating whether the catheter exit site wound closing with a single-suture method is equally effective as the double suture method, which is most frequently applied. The assumption was that the single-suture method, which is less traumatizing for the skin, could offer an advantage for the patients with “paper” skin, that is, elderly, after long-term immunosuppressive treatment…
sj-pdf-1-smo-10.1177_20503121211019889 – Supplemental material for The efficacy of single suture for exit site wound closure and stabilization of hemodialysis central tunneled catheter
Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-smo-10.1177_20503121211019889 for The efficacy of single suture for exit site wound closure and stabilization of hemodialysis central tunneled catheter by Tomasz Porazko, Andrzej Piersiak and Marian Klinger in SAGE Open Medicine
sj-pdf-1-smo-10.1177_20503121211019889 – Supplemental material for The efficacy of single suture for exit site wound closure and stabilization of hemodialysis central tunneled catheter
Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-smo-10.1177_20503121211019889 for The efficacy of single suture for exit site wound closure and stabilization of hemodialysis central tunneled catheter by Tomasz Porazko, Andrzej Piersiak and Marian Klinger in SAGE Open Medicine