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Results
• Can be implanted safely with low morbidity
• Decrease in bacteremia rates compared to
tunneled dialysis catheter
• Patency equivalent to PTFE AV graft fistula
• Higher infection risk w/ # of prior TDCs
• Trend toward higher infection when using TDC
over the wire technique
• IDDM associated with higher infection rates
• Use of Plavix; broad spectrum perioperative
antibiotics