Importance of the creation of a short musculofascial tunnel in peritoneal dialysis catheter placement

Table 2 Events leading to the cessation of peritoneal dialysis¹

	No-tunnel (n = 115), n (%)	Tunnel (n = 107), n (%)	P value
Low efficiency	4 (3.48)	2 (1.87)	0.6845
Peritonitis	11 (9.57)	6 (5.61)	0.3186
Abdominal wall leak	1 (0.87)	(0.93)	> 0.9999
Abdominal surgery	1 (0.87)	0 (0.00)	> 0.9999
Inguinal hernia	0 (0.00)	2 (1.87)	0.2312
Personal choice	2 (1.74)	0 (0.00)	0.4984
Transplantation	4 (3.48)	2 (2.80)	> 0.9999
Death	4 (3.48)	10 (9.35)	0.0975

¹A two-tailed Fisher’s exact test was used for categorical variables.