Assisted Home Hemodialysis Model, IT IS TIME,…. NOT…. “Is it Time”?

Abstract

The technology surrounding renal replacement therapy has not progressed as rapidly as in other areas of medicine, such as cardiology or surgery. The hemodialysis machine has remained largely the same for the past fifty years, as has peritoneal dialysis [1]. Although there are some visionary projects in development, such as the bioartificial implantable kidney [2] and pig kidney xenotransplantation [3], none have advanced to the same level as the technological advancements seen in cardiology [4], diabetes [5], or surgery [6] in recent decades.