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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-7-13
pubmed:abstractText
The five-year experience by one surgical team of the implantation of 419 chronic venous access catheters in 368 adults and children is reported. The majority of the catheters were required for the management of malignant disease but some were used for long-term home parenteral nutrition. The inferior vena cava was cannulated through the long saphenous vein in 181 cases and the superior vena cava by the jugular or cephalic veins in 238. Mean catheter lives of over one year, with individual lives of more than three years were achieved by both routes. The overall infection rate was 18%. No excess of thrombotic or infective complications was observed in patients with long saphenous vein catheters. It is suggested that the long saphenous vein is an appropriate route for chronic venous access for chemotherapy in most patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0261-5614
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
127-30
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Five years' experience with long saphenous catheterisation for chronic venous access.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article