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What do systematic reviews say?

4 questions · 4 findings · 1 reviews · Kidney and Transplant

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Medical vs open surgical PD catheter insertion

Dialysate leakage · improving catheter function and clinical outcomes in PD patients

Medical may leads to lower dialysate leakage compared with open surgical PD catheter insertion (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Catheter insertion techniques for improving catheter function and clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis patients 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.23 [0.05, 0.95]
4 studies · 273 participants
Low

Percutaneous vs open surgical PD catheter insertion

Dialysate leakage · improving catheter function and clinical outcomes in PD patients

It is very uncertain whether percutaneous changes dialysate leakage compared with open surgical PD catheter insertion (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Catheter insertion techniques for improving catheter function and clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis patients 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.97 [0.06, 14.78]
2 studies · 96 participants
Very low

Peritoneoscopic vs open surgical PD catheter insertion

Dialysate leakage · improving catheter function and clinical outcomes in PD patients

It is very uncertain whether peritoneoscopic changes dialysate leakage compared with open surgical PD catheter insertion (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Catheter insertion techniques for improving catheter function and clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis patients 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.13 [0.02, 0.71]
2 studies · 177 participants
Very low

Laparoscopic vs open surgical PD catheter insertion

Dialysate leakage · patients requiring PD catheter placement

Laparoscopic showed no clear difference in dialysate leakage (excluding Tsimoyiannis 2000) compared with open surgical PD catheter insertion (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Catheter insertion techniques for improving catheter function and clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis patients 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.4 [0.49, 4.02]
4 studies · 330 participants
Low