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Migration of Tenckhoff Catheter to Sigmoid Colon: A Rare Delayed Complication.

Ugur TopalAbdullah UlkuAhmet Gokhan SaritasAtilgan Tolga AkcamAyşe Gizem Ünalİsmail Cem Eray
Published in: Case reports in surgery (2022)
Bowel perforation associated with inserted peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter mainly occurs during the perioperative period. Delayed bowel perforation is difficult to diagnose because of its different clinical signs and rarity. A 53-year-old woman developed acute abdomen after her PD catheter was changed. It was found that the changed catheter perforated the sigmoid colon. Primary repair of the perforated area of the sigmoid colon was performed, and the last inserted PD catheter was removed. The postoperative period and recovery were uneventful. Perforations due to the PD catheter may remain silent until the catheter is replaced. In patients with frequent episodes of peritonitis, a perforation area due to PD catheter which limited itself should be considered as the etiology.
Keyphrases
  • ultrasound guided
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • end stage renal disease
  • patients undergoing
  • cardiac surgery
  • chronic kidney disease
  • liver failure