Spontaneous fracture and embolization of a central venous catheter: Prevention and early detection

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 412-414

  Coles, C E ^a   Whitear, W P ^b   Le Vay, J H ^b  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Pinch off sign'; Central venous catheter; Embolization; Fracture

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER METASTASIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032426124     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0936-6555(98)80047-2     Document Type: Article

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