Table 2 Operative characteristics during PD catheter placement with laparoscopy.

From: Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Emplacement by Advanced Laparoscopy: 8-year Experience from a Medical Center of China

Abdominal status

Total (n = 130)

Without prio abdominal surgery (n)

104

Without abdominal adhesion (n, (%))

98(94.23)

Abdominal adhesion (n, (%))

6(5.77)

With prio abdominal surgery(n,)

26

Without abdominal adhesion (n, (%))

20(76.92)

Abdominal adhesion (n, (%))

6(23.08)

Large or bulky omentum (n)

7

Operation time(minutes)

10–180

Don’t need adhesiolysis

10

Need adhesiolysis

30–180

Operative complications

  Failed placement (n, (%))

0(0)

  Bowel/viscera perforation (n, (%))

0(0)

  Early postoperative bleeding (n, (%))

1(0.77)

  1. Note: n, number of observations.