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From: Successful management of catheter injury or refractory infection by partial replantation of peritoneal dialysis catheters: a retrospective observational study

Fig. 1

Surgical procedure illustrating the partial replantation technique. Make an incision at the PD catheter exit and cut the proximal part of the catheter (1B-C). Use Tenckhoff catheter, transfer set, and PD catheter adaptor (2A). Disassemble the transfer set (red circle) with Kelly forceps (2B-D), Cut the new catheter to the desired length between cuffs (2E). The connector device is created using a piece of the transfer set (red arrow) and two PD adaptors (3A). The intraperitoneal part consists of the old catheter covered by skin, while extraperitoneal part is the newly cut catheter. Attach Luer lock adaptor to the end of the old catheter (1D), connect it to the new catheter (1E) using the connector device, and create a new tunnel (1F)

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