Self-locating catheters are a step ahead when it comes to optimal access*, offering:
- Significantly higher long-term survival
- Fewer and, if any, minor dislocations
- Fewer side effects, such as episodes of peritonitis, tunnel infections, cuff extrusion, catheter malfunction, obstruction & leakage for patients
* Di Paolo N et al. The Self-locating catheter: clinical experience and follow up. Perit Dial Int 2004; 24(4): 359-64.
Gambro PDCATH- Self-locating is not cleared for sale in the U.S