Challenging, Safe, and Effective Use of External Iliac Vein for Insertion of Tunneled Cuffed Hemodialysis Catheters: A Single-Center Prospective Study

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Parameter</td><td class="align_center">All patients (<i>n</i> = 80)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Duration of RRT (years)</td><td class="align_center">9.46 ± 4.25</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Number of non-cuffed HD catheters</td><td class="align_center">9.41 ± 2.25</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">AVF operations</td><td class="align_center">2.3 ± 1.118</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">AVG operations</td><td class="align_center">0.79 ± 0.65</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Tunneled cuffed catheter days</td><td class="align_center">328.1 ± 165.3</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>SD: standard deviation; RRT: renal replacement therapy; AVF: arteriovenous fistula; AVG: arteriovenous graft.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Renal replacement therapy duration and vascular access history.</div>

International Journal of Nephrology

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Table 2: Challenging, Safe, and Effective Use of External Iliac Vein for Insertion of Tunneled Cuffed Hemodialysis Catheters: A Single-Center Prospective Study 

Table 2 | Challenging, Safe, and Effective Use of External Iliac Vein for Insertion of Tunneled Cuffed Hemodialysis Catheters: A Single-Center Prospective Study 