Long-term, totally implantable central venous access ports connected to a Groshong catheter for chemotherapy of solid tumours: Experience from 178 cases using a single type of device

European Journal of Cancer Part A

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1190-1194

  Biffi, R ^a   Corrado, F ^a   De Braud, F ^a   De Lucia, F ^a   Scarpa, D ^a   Testori, A ^a   Orsi, F ^a   Bellomi, M ^a   Mauri, S ^a   Aapro, M ^a   Andreoni, B ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central venous catheters; Chemotherapy; Groshong catheter; Ports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TECHNICAL AID; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030751150     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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