Kaplan-Meier curve of cumulative catheter patency. Pei Wang Yufei Wang Yingjin Qiao Sijie Zhou Xianhui Liang Zhangsuo Liu 10.1371/journal.pone.0146411.g002 https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Kaplan_Meier_curve_of_cumulative_catheter_patency_/1635609 <p>Patients with TDCs through left IJV (Blue, n = 28) were compared with those through right EJV (purple, n = 21). TDCs, tunneled cuffed dialysis catheters; IJV, internal jugular vein; EJV, external jugular vein.</p> 2016-01-18 15:12:56 Cox regression hazards test catheter patency hemodialysis patients Tunneled Dialysis Catheters TDCs.Methods 49 hemodialysis patients External Jugular Vein hr TDC placement CRBSI alternative routes jugular vein Left Internal Jugular Vein BackgroundRight Total indwell time ci Internal Jugular Vein right EJV group IJV group alternative insertion route Secondary end points