As blood in the peritoneal capillaries ... and is then tunneled subcutaneously to the exit site, where it leaves the body (Figure 2). A catheter traversing the anterior abdominal wall is placed ...

The system includes a tunneled catheter connected to a drainage ... said in a statement. "The PeritX Peritoneal Catheter System provides relief from the discomfort of ascites fluid buildup ...

Flush it to make sure it doesn’t get clogged. Change the dressing and catheter parts -- you only do this for PICC lines and tunneled CVCs, not for ports. To make care a little easier ...

In addition to surgery to the head, where the ventricular catheter and pump are placed, an incision must be made in the abdomen for placement of the end of the peritoneal catheter. The focus of ...

The procedures included 25 tunneled 14.5 F hemodialysis (HD) catheter placements, two small-bore catheter placements (5F-10F), 11 14.5 F HD catheter exchanges, and 22 HD catheter removals (same ...

The company also announced launch of its new Tunneled Ventricular Catheter. The abstract, authored by Dr. Howard Yonas, M.D., et al, from the University of New Mexico, showed that brain access ...