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How long after surgical repair of a pleuroperitoneal leak do you resume peritoneal dialysis?

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Nephrology · UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
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This is a bit of a challenging question as I'm not aware of any data to help guide my response. It seems to me however that, since failure of the surgical repair would inevitably culminate in permanent shift to HD, one should allow ample time for healing to occur and thereby to achieve the best poss...

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