Tesio Catheter: Radiologically Guided Placement, Mechanical Performance, and Adequacy of Delivered Dialysis
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 215 (1), 129-137
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.215.1.r00mr43129
Abstract
Tunneled catheters are an alternative means of vascular access for patients in need of hemodialysis who cannot undergo dialysis through a surgical shunt. This study was undertaken to evaluate the performance of the Tesio dialysis catheter. A prospective study of the Tesio catheter was performed. Follow-up data regarding catheter function and adequacy of dialysis were obtained from nine hemodialysis facilities. Seventy-nine Tesio catheters were placed in 71 patients. Immediate technical success was 99% (78 of 79 catheters). The procedure complication rate was 9% (seven catheters). Only two complications required intervention: one fatal air embolism and one chest wall hematoma. Sixty-seven catheters in 60 patients were followed up for a total of 4,367 catheter days. Overall, catheter-related infection occurred in 9% (six of 67 catheters). Primary catheter patency was 87% at 1 week, 82% at 1 month, 72% at 3 months, and 66% at 6 months. Mean blood flow was 286 mL/min immediately after insertion, 301 mL/min at 3 months, and 306 mL/min at 6 months. Adequate dialysis dose as reflected by a urea reduction ratio of 60 or more or a urea kinetic modeling, or Kt/V, value of 1.2 or more was observed on at least one occasion for 74% and 76% of catheters, respectively. The Tesio catheter is a reasonable means of vascular access for patients who undergo dialysis but are not candidates for surgical shunt placement.Keywords
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