Is peritoneal dialysis surgery a major operation?

Peritoneal dialysis is usually not a major surgery. Peritoneal dialysis surgery usually involves the placement of a dialysis tube into the abdominal cavity, which is a relatively simple and time-consuming procedure, and therefore is not usually a major surgery, but rather a relatively minor one. Peritoneal dialysis is a commonly used form of dialysis. Prior to peritoneal dialysis, a peritoneal dialysis placement procedure is performed in the patient’s abdomen, which is relatively simple and usually performed under local anesthesia. During peritoneal dialysis, dialysis fluid is injected into the abdominal cavity through the dialysis tubing, which can be exchanged with substances in the blood, so that harmful substances in the blood can enter the dialysis fluid and nutrients in the dialysis fluid can enter the blood, and finally the dialysis fluid containing harmful substances will be released, a process called peritoneal dialysis. As mentioned above, the whole operation is relatively simple, whether it is the placement of dialysis tubing or the process of dialysis, so peritoneal dialysis is not a major operation. In clinical practice, if the kidney has lost its detoxification function and the toxins in the blood cannot be discharged, it will lead to uremia. At this time, peritoneal dialysis can be taken to enable the toxins in the body to be discharged, so as to achieve the purpose of blood purification, improve the clinical symptoms of the patients and also improve the quality of life of the patients.