A surgical girdle postoperatively may prevent pain and tunnel infections of peritoneal dialysis patients.
Christina NilssonWolfgang SperkerClaudia SchienMalin IsakssonBernd G StegmayrPublished in: The International journal of artificial organs (2019)
The use a surgical girdle for 3 days postoperatively and a fixation of the peritoneal dialysis catheter in a curved loop relieves the pain and results in few tunnel infections and subsequent episodes of peritonitis.