Tunneled Peritoneal Catheter Placement in Palliation of Malignant Ascites: A Study with Two Different Types of Catheters

Table 2

Patients’ demographic features and results.

Demographics	TPC	THC	p
Age (mean±SD)	25-73 (54.68±11.2)	27-67 (53.75±13.95)
Male (%)	9 (%41)	2 (%25)
Female (%)	13 (%59)	6 (%75)
Results
Catheter days	2-195 (59.64±51.92; Median: 52)	7-334 (84.9±103.9; Median: 57)
Drained amount of ascites (mean±SD)	2-190 L (59.27±50.8; Median: 52)	2-340 L (85.12±106.7; Median: 60)
Occlusion	0	1 (%12)
Major complications	2 (%9)	0
Minor complications	2 (%9)	0

Mann-Whitney u test/Chi-square test.
SD: standard deviation/n: number.
THC: tunnelled haemodialysis catheter.
TPC: tunnelled peritoneal catheter.
L: litres.