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A 50-year-old woman successfully resumed peritoneal dialysis by externalization of a catheter that had been embedded for four years, demonstrating the utility of the re-embedding technique.
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The re-embedding catheter technique allows for successful future resumption of peritoneal dialysis in patients with AKI who do not recover normal renal function.
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Supports re-embedding for PD resumption planning in AKI; leaves open prospective validation before wider use.
We previously reported a re-embedding catheter technique for peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients with high risk of catheter removal at the discontinuation of PD. We recently operated on a 50-year-old female patient who had resumed PD by externalization of the catheter after the re-embedding catheter technique. The patient had been on PD for acute kidney injury (AKI) due to a hypertensive emergency in 2009, but had discontinued PD after seven months because her creatinine levels decreased to 2 mg/dL. However, because her renal function did not normalize and she preferred to undergo PD for future renal replacement therapy, we applied the re-embedding catheter technique. She resumed PD by externalization of the catheter four years later. We consider the re-embedding catheter technique a useful method for AKI patients who do not recover normal renal function.
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Kaneshiro et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Acute kidney injury / End-stage renal disease (n=1). Re-embedding catheter technique and externalization was evaluated on Successful resumption of peritoneal dialysis. A 50-year-old woman successfully resumed peritoneal dialysis by externalization of a catheter that had been embedded for four years, demonstrating the utility of the re-embedding technique.
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