A rare complication of access venous devices: The pinch off syndrome;Une complication rare des acces veineux permanents: Laminage, fracture et embolisation du catheter

Swiss Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 141-145

  Groebli, Y ^a   Wuthrich P, P ^a   Tschantz P, P ^a   Beguelin, P ^a   Piguet, D ^b  

^a Hopital Pourtales Neuchatelois   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Permanent venous catheters; Pinch off syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LUNG EMBOLISM; RUPTURE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; VASCULAR ACCESS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; EQUIPMENT; GRAFT OCCLUSION; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031610285     PISSN: 10239332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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