Table 1: Summary of Complications of Catheter Placement

Source	No of Catheters	Infection	Drainage Problem	Migration	Leak	Perf.	Success
Fluoroscopy/Percutaneous
Moon [37]	134 caths/	Early peritonitis 2.2%	1.50%	1.50%	3%	0	1 yr. 80%
	114 pts						2 yr. 74.9%
							5 yr 71.1%
Zaman [25]	36 caths	0	2.90%	3%	3%	0	1 m. 100%;
							3 m. 97%;
							1 yr. 89%
Vaux [27]	209	Early exit site 6.5%;	5%	7%	5%	0	1 yr 77%;
		Early peritonitis 1.5%					2 yr 61%;
							5 yr 31%
Maya [26]	32	0		3%	0	3%	27 mos. 90.6%
Jacob [23]	45	Total peritonitis 7%	13.30%	11%	9%	4.40%
Peritoneoscope
Goh [3]	91	1 in 93.7 pt months	17.60%	9.80%			1 yr 86.4%
Gadallah [38]	76	Early peritonitis 2.6%	Early 7.9%		Early 1.3%	Colon 1.3%	1 yr 77.5%
		Late infection 48.7%	Late 7.9%				2 yr 63%
							3 yr 51.3%
Percutaneous
Henderson [39]	283	Early peritonitis 4% (30 days)	21%		6%		1 mo 87%;
							6 mo. 83%
Perakis [40]	86	Early peritonitis 4.3 per 1000 pt mo.; early exit site 1.6 per 1000 pt mo.	23.20%	15.10%	23%	0	1 yr 89.5%;
			(10.7 per 1000				2 yr 83.7%;
			pt mo)				3 yr 83.7%
Ozener [41]	133	Early cath related	11.20%	8.20%	8.30%	0	1 yr 90%
		Infection 3%					2 yr 82%
Surgery/Laparoscopy
Henderson [39]	150	Early peritonitis 13% (30 days)	23%		10%
Maio [42]	100		6%	6%	13%		1 yr 97%
							2 yr 95%
							3 yr 91%
Perakis [40]	84	Early peritonitis 10.1 per 1000 pt mo; early exit site 6.3 per 1000 pt mo	29.70%	28.60%	13%		1 yr 91.1%;
			(7.9 per 1000				2 yr 80.7%;
			Pt mo)				3 yr 73.2%
Crabtree [30]	200		0.50%		2%
Keshvari [43]	175		8.50%	1.70%	7.40%	0	1 yr 92.7%
							2 yr 91.3%
Surgery/Dissection
Ozener [41]	82	Early cath related	19.50%	13.40%	6.10%		1 yr 73%
		Infection 2%					2 yr 60%
Gadallah [38]	72	Early Peritonitis 12.5%	Early 8.3%		Early 11.1%	Bladder 1.4%	1 yr 62.5%
		Late Infection 48.6%	Late 11.1%				2 yr 41.5%
							3 yr 36%