Bowel Perforation During Catheter Removal After the Sixth Month of Peritoneal Dialysis Termination

Borazan, Ali; Üstün, Hasan; Akkaş, Muharrem; Özbay, Oğuz; Yılmaz, Ahmet

doi:10.14712/18059694.2019.10

Acta Medica > Archive > 2003, Vol. 46 > Issue 2 > Bowel Perforation During Catheter…

Acta Med. 2003, 46: 77-78

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.10

Bowel Perforation During Catheter Removal After the Sixth Month of Peritoneal Dialysis Termination

Ali Borazan^a, Hasan Üstün^a, Muharrem Akkaş^a, Oğuz Özbay^b, Ahmet Yılmaz^c

^aKocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Turkey
^bKocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Turkey
^cKocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Turkey

Received January 1, 2003
Accepted March 1, 2003

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is widely used in the treatment of end stage renal failure patients. Delayed injury to the bowel is an uncommon complication of CAPD catheter. In this article, we presented a case of bowel perforation during catheter removal after the sixth month of peritoneal dialysis termination.