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You have had dialysis via your abdomen.

Dialysis involves removing certain substances and excess fluid from the body. These tasks are usually carried out by the kidneys. Dialysis is a treatment that substitutes for the kidneys.

This form of dialysis involves, firstly, inserting a thin tube into the abdomen through the abdominal wall. A machine repeatedly passes a special dialysis fluid through this tube into the abdomen.

The abdominal organs are located in the abdominal cavity. The inside of the abdominal cavity is covered by a thin membrane. This thin membrane also surrounds all the organs in the abdomen. The organs can move against each other thanks to this thin membrane. The thin membrane in the abdominal cavity has a good blood supply. Certain substances and fluid can pass through this membrane from the blood into the dialysis fluid. In this way, the body is detoxified via the abdominal cavity. The dialysis fluid is regularly drained from the abdomen and replaced by new fluid.