The aim of this work is to improve the management of haemodialysis by providing the tools to encourage home treatment. To this end, the design, implementation, and validation of a patient-specific phantom of an arm with arteriovenous fistula, used to train unqualified personnel in the cannulation procedure, is presented. This turns out to be the main obstacle to the transition to home treatment, given the difficulty of performing the dialysis treatment correctly. Through a collaboration with healthcare personnel, the phantom was fabricated using 3D printing technologies and then tested with the cannulation procedure. The test was repeated by expert and non-expert personnel, demonstrating its potential in learning the procedure.
Patient-specific phantom for home haemodialysis
Fortunato G. M.;Greco A.;Carbonaro N.;De Maria C.
2023-01-01
Abstract
The aim of this work is to improve the management of haemodialysis by providing the tools to encourage home treatment. To this end, the design, implementation, and validation of a patient-specific phantom of an arm with arteriovenous fistula, used to train unqualified personnel in the cannulation procedure, is presented. This turns out to be the main obstacle to the transition to home treatment, given the difficulty of performing the dialysis treatment correctly. Through a collaboration with healthcare personnel, the phantom was fabricated using 3D printing technologies and then tested with the cannulation procedure. The test was repeated by expert and non-expert personnel, demonstrating its potential in learning the procedure.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
