Buttonhole

[GoingThere]

Hi!

My unit will start to offer buttonhole technique. I will be one of the first patient using this approach. I have one question. On Youtube I came accross this video, where tha patient uses special "sealing device". Do you have any idea where to purchase this stuff?

Link to video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9tok5JYoDs&feature=related

GT

[monrein]

I was advised NOT to use those plugs.  They can cause infection I was told.  The most important thing about buttonholes is consistency.  Same hole same ANGLE into that hole each time.  Think about and ask if you can do it yourself...that way it's always the same person...many people have the fear that it will hurt more to needle themselves but I found it to be the opposite and once the buttonholes are established it's not painful usually.

Good luck.

[Bruno]

I'm don't know about the plugs...never heard about them but I am buttonholing and can tell you the advantages. The major one is freedom of movement because buttonholing eventually enables the use of a blunt needle instead of a sharp. This means you can move around more freely during dialysis. The second advantage is that you can learn to put the needles in yourself which opens the way to home dialysis. This may not be an option to you but it is to me. The third advantage is that it is usually less painful and on some occasions quite pain free.

[jp]

hey there...well to tell you the truth when i started doing button hold technique i didnt wanted to but its been 10 months and so far everything seems to go well...the only problem is that one nurse has to do the sticks everytime you go in for the first 2 weeks for the track to get started...or else it can get messed up...and for me i have to tell the nurses how to angle the needles and which direction to move it, sometimes it gets frustrating but theres those days when it just goes right in,....once in a while a nurse takes about a minute to find the hole....i dont know how getting stick in different places works, since i just went straight to buttonhole.