%0 Journal Article
%T Prospective Randomized Study Comparing a Single-Cuff Self-Locating Catheter with a Single-Cuff Straight Tenckhoff Catheter in Peritoneal Dialysis
%A David Casado
%A Hector Garcia-Perez
%A Juan J. Sanchez-Canel
%A Maria J. Pascual
%A Rafael Garcia-Calvo
%J Archive of "Peritoneal Dialysis International : Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis".
%D 2016
%R 10.3747/pdi.2013.00315
%X Types of catheters used in this study. Straight single-cuff Tenckhoff catheter and single-cuff, self-locating catheter with distal counterweight of 12 g of tungsten. (Characteristics: self-locating catheter: B. Braun-Carex SpA, Mirandola, Italy, internal portion of 16 cm and internal diameter of 2.6 mm with a tungsten cylinder of 12 g coated with Silastic at distal end. Tenckhoff catheter: internal portion of 22 cm and internal diameter of 2.6 mm)
%K Peritoneal dialysis
%K continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
%K catheter
%K malposition
%K event-free survival
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737565/