Table 2.

Comparisons of postoperative complications between the conventional and modified technique groups in 90 patients with successful percutaneous peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion.

Complications	Conventional group (N = 44) [n (%)]	Modified group (N = 46) [n (%)]	p Value
Bleeding	0 (0.0)	1 (2.2)	0.325a
Catheter migration	8 (18.2)	2 (4.3)	0.037a,*
omental wrapping	4 (9.0)	3 (6.5)	0.649a
Dialysate leakage	4 (9.0)	0 (0.0)	0.036a,*
Peritonitis	3 (6.8)	3 (6.5)	0.955a
Fistula infection	2 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	0.144a
Visceral injury	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Hernia	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Wound infection	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)

*p < 0.05.

^achi-square test.