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Table 4 Mortality and complications rate

From: Percutaneous transhepatic hemodialysis catheters in chronic hemodialysis patients: technique, functional outcome, and complications from a large population study

 

Rate

Procedure-related mortality

0%

Hepatic subcapsular hematoma

3/296 (1%)

Catheter migration

0.14 per 100 catheter-days

Sepsis

0.15 per 100 catheter-days

Catheter thrombosis

0.18 per 100 catheter-days

Exit site infection

0.32 per 100 catheter-days

Intra-peritoneal hemorrhage

0%

Contrast reaction

0%

Intra-venous thrombosis

0%