Research Article
Comparative Study on the Outcomes of Elective-Start versus Urgent-Start Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Placement
Table 4
Estimated catheter complications and removal rates for the elective-start and urgent-start groups from the Kaplan–Meier curves.
| | | Elective-start group, N = 211 (%) | Urgent-start group, N = 29 (%) | value |
| | Catheter complication rate at 3 months | 27.8 | 35.9 | 0.415 | | Catheter complication rate at 12 months | 48.9 | 54.2 | | | Catheter removal at 3 months | 7.3 | 7.7 | 0.088 | | Catheter removal at 12 months | 26.9 | 34.8 | |
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