Long-term femoral vein central venous access in cancer patients

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 162-165

  Bertoglio, Sergio ^a   DiSomma, Carmine ^b   Meszaros, Paolo ^b   Gipponi, Marco ^b   Cafiero, Ferdinando ^a   Percivale, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central venous catheterization; Neoplasm; Ports; Surgery; Venous access

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; SAFETY; SKIN METASTASIS; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN;

EID: 0029963564     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(96)90723-4     Document Type: Article

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