Abstract: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is one of the important renal replacement treatments for end stage renal disease (ESRD). PD improves the patients’ quality of life but also has many complications, in which peritoneal fibrosis (PF) is considered to be the main cause of PD failure. In order to promote the development and application of PD technology and to benefit more ESRD patients, many scholars have conducted researches on the mechanism of PF. This paper reviews the recent achievements in this area.

Key words: End stage renal disease, Peritoneal dialysis, Peritoneal fibrosis