Laila Aboulnasr MD; Tarek Ashour MD; Sherif Zamer MD
Laila Aboulnasr MD; Tarek Ashour MD; Sherif Zamer MD
Usama Lotfi (MD, MRCS) , Hisham Mostafa (MD), Maher Abdelmonem (MD), Ahmed Reyad (MD)
Magdy Haggag, Usama Lotfi, Randa Kaddah
Mohamed El-Maadawy, MD
Mohamed El-Maadawy, MD.
Ahmed M. Hussein MD., Mohamed Y. Ibrahim MD., Mohamed L. Mohamed M.Sc.
Ahmed El-Marakby, Ahmed Farghaly, Ahmed Gamal Eldin Fouad
Ashraf Abolfotooh Khalil, Amr Ibrahim Fouad, Mohamed Hazem, Ahmed F. Aborady, Hatem Elsahar, Ahmed Ragab Morsi
Mahmoud Saad Farahat MD
Fady Magdy Yacoub, Khaled Sadek, Ahmed Adel Nawar
Maged Rihan and Mohamed M.Raslan
Usama Shaker Mohamed, Mohamed Diaa Sarhan, Amr Mohsen, Ahmed Farag, Mohamed Youssef, Fahim Elbassiony
Double Wire, a Novel Technique for the Insertion of Tunneled Venous Catheter for Hemodialysis
Objective: to present the experience in and outline the technique for insertion of tunneled catheters using
two wires. Patients and Methods: We applied the double wire technique in 26 patients for their tunneled
catheter insertion. Twenty patients had debut tunneled catheter insertion. Five patients benefitted the
technique for replacing their malfunctioning (four patients) or damaged (one patient) catheter. Additional
patient had the catheter rescued after a mishap occurred during its insertion. Techniques for catheter
insertion, catheter replacement and adjusting catheter position were presented. Results: All procedure
were complimented by patients’ comfort. Blood loss was unaccountable in all cases and no single suspicion
of air embolism was reported. It happened once in a patient subjected to insertion of tunneled catheter
through left common femoral vein (CFV) to develop asymptomatic ventricular tachycardia. It was picked
up by ECG monitoring. The event reverted immediately upon withdrawal of the wire out of the right atrium.
We did not encounter any puncture site complictions. Conclusion: The technique is simple and easy to
performe and to reproduce. Both patient and operator satisfaction complimented the technique.
Key Words: Sheathless, Double wire, Hemodialysis catheter.