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OBJECTIVE: There is no consensus on superiority of peritoneal dialysis catheter placement methods to each other in the literature.Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine whether there were differences in compli...

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is a usual method for the therapy of patients with end-stage renal failure. Some complications may occur during catheter insertion and cause significant morbidity. We report an i...

The placement of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) catheter by conventional open surgical technique may cause a number of complications such as: Infection , hemorhage , leakage from the insertion site and ...

A 42-year-old female with history of surgery due to urolithiasis was admitted to hospital with complaints of fever, left fl ank pain and vomiting. She was found to have acute kidney injury due to urinary tract infection....

Over the last decade there has been an increased awareness of renovascular disease as a potentially correctable cause of hypertension and renal insufficiency. Renal artery stenosis is most commonly due to either atherosc...

Urinary leakage is a well-recognized complication of renal transplant surgery, which may lead to increased morbidity. In order to define clinical efficacy of renal scintigraphy in urinary leakages, we retrospectively rev...

Chronic pancreatitis is a rare cause of oxalate nephropathy. The aim of this case report was to present a patient hospitalized with acute kidney injury who was diagnosed with oxalate nephropathy and concurrent chronic pa...