The LifeSite Hemodialysis Access System appears to offer significant advantage over tunneled catheters with regard to reduced infection, reduced thrombosis, and, ultimately, device survival.

The performance of digital subtraction angiography (DSA)-guided tunneled dialysis catheters (TDC) is superior to that of ultrasound-guided TDC in renal replacement therapy, according to a study ...

Symptoms that raise clinical suspicion of bacteremia in chronic hemodialysis patients ... concentrating on that associated with tunneled cuffed catheters, and offer a detailed review of the ...

This approach aims to minimize the need for tunneled dialysis catheters, which are associated with higher risks of complications[4]. The findings suggest that timely intervention in managing ...

Everts and Harding assessed the benefit of discarding or flushing away the heparin lock before collecting blood for culture in tunneled and hemodialysis catheters. [52] They found no significant ...