Chandigarh, Aug. 27 -- The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) has introduced a high-flow bending technique to treat excessive blood flow in vein among dialysis patients. This innovative treatment has significantly reduced costs, bringing them down from Rs.50,000 to just Rs.5,000.
PGIMER officials highlighted that kidney failure patients typically undergo one of two types of dialysis: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Hemodialysis, the more commonly chosen option, involves filtering the blood outside the body using a hemodialysis machine. To facilitate this process, a surgical connection called an arteriovenous fistula is created between an artery and a vein, usually in the arm.
In this procedure, unfil...
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