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In peritoneal dialysis (PD), doctors insert a catheter in the abdominal cavity (peritoneal cavity) through which a cleansing fluid is circulated. Aurangabad: The 21st annual conference of the Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India was inaugurated in the city on Friday.Over 200 delegates from across India and other countries are participating in the three-daay PDSICON 2018. Unlike haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis does not require big machines.Rajnees Mehrotra, Washington University’s kidney surgeon, presented the global perspective on the impact of PD. Specialists and faculty will give presentations on the advancement in dialysis and discuss its preferred methods.Lucknow-based kidney specialist Amit Gupta, during his welcome address stated that peritoneal dialysis costs only 60% of haemodialysis, the commonly used dialysis method. A study done by the Hedgewar Hospital on a 100 patients showed that financially well off patients had better survival rates..