Peritoneal dialysis catheter
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TenckhoffPeritoneal dialysis catheter is a flexible tube designed for peritoneal dialysis, the most well-known and widely-used being the Tenckhoff catheter.
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In 1968 an American nephrologist Henry A Tenckhoff (d.2017) 2 introduced his eponymous peritoneal indwelling catheter 1. The major improvements made by Dr Tenckhoff over the Palmer-Quinton catheter, the main one in use at the time, was:
- using the recently discovered inert and flexible Silastic as the catheter material
- the addition of Dacron cuffs near the ends to improve skin anchorage and decrease secondary infection rates
- developing and patenting an insertion trocar
-<p><strong>Tenckhoff catheter</strong> is a </p>- +<p><strong>Peritoneal dialysis catheter</strong> is a flexible tube designed for <a href="/articles/peritoneal-dialysis">peritoneal dialysis</a>, the most well-known and widely-used being the <strong>Tenckhoff catheter</strong>. </p><h4>History</h4><p>In 1968 an American nephrologist <strong>Henry A Tenckhoff</strong> (d.2017) <sup>2</sup> introduced his eponymous peritoneal indwelling catheter <sup>1</sup>. The major improvements made by Dr Tenckhoff over the Palmer-Quinton catheter, the main one in use at the time, was:</p><ul>
- +<li>using the recently discovered inert and flexible Silastic as the catheter material</li>
- +<li>the addition of <a href="/articles/dacron">Dacron</a> cuffs near the ends to improve skin anchorage and decrease secondary infection rates</li>
- +<li>developing and patenting an insertion trocar</li>
- +</ul><p> </p>
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- 1. Tenckhoff H & Schechter H. A Bacteriologically Safe Peritoneal Access Device. Trans Am Soc Artif Intern Organs. 1968;14:181-7. - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5701529">Pubmed</a>
- 2. Szeto C, Ing T, Li P. In Memoriam of Henry Tenckhoff. Artif Organs. 2017;41(8):697-9. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.12995">doi:10.1111/aor.12995</a>
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- Urogenital
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