Ten-year experience in dialysis catheter placement in the Division of Nephrology of the Clinical Hospital Merkur – single center report
Autori:
Branislav Čingel, Bojana Maksimović, Lada Zibar, Ivan Margeta, Snježana Šulc, Željka Jureković, Bojana Šimunov, Ksenija Vučur Šimić, Iva Canjuga Sever, Karla Boras, Mladen Knotek, Mario Laganović
Sažetak
Summary
Heamodialysis (HD) is the most common modality of renal replacement therapy in the world. Tunneled dialysis catheters (TDC) are one of the most utilized vascular access options for HD. The aim of this study was to present a ten-year experience in HD catheter placement in our centre. During the period from 2012 to 2021 a total of 1 660 HD catheters were placed, of which 80 % were TDCs. The most common place of insertion was the right internal jugular vein (JV), followed by the left internal JV, femoral veins, and subclavian veins. In all patients HD catheter was successfully placed. Twelve doctors in the Division of Nephrology were engaged in HD catheter placement, seven of them were responsible for 89 % of HD catheters placed, and four of them had experience of more than 300 HD catheter placements. We can conclude that organized HD catheter programs provide a large pool of patients and experience for doctors in vascular access managing for even the most difficult patients.