Prospective Randomized Study Comparing a Single-Cuff Self-Locating Catheter with a Single-Cuff Straight Tenckhoff Catheter in Peritoneal Dialysis

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)