A NEW TECHNIQUE OF CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL-DIALYSIS (CAPD) - DOUBLE-BAG SYSTEM FOR FREEDOM TO THE PATIENT AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF PERITONITIS

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  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 13  (6) , 251-254
Abstract
A new technical approach is described for the treatment of patients on CAPD [continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis]. The new approach is based on the use of a 2 bag system and closed connection by a connector to the Tenckhoff catheter. After each dialyzate exchange the patient discards the entire system and is completley bag-free, unlike the Oreopoulos CAPD technique. This new procedure has markedly reduced the incidence of peritonitis and has made the patient free from carrying an uncomfortable burden during the interval of solution exchange.

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