Percutaneous fibrin sheath stripping versus transcatheter urokinase infusion for malfunctioning well-positioned tunneled central venous dialysis catheters: A prospective, randomized trial

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1121-1129

  Gray, Richard J ^a   Levitin, Abraham ^a   Buck, David ^a   Brown, Lisa C ^a   Sparling, Yvonne H ^a   Jablonski, Kathleen A ^a   Fessahaye, Amanuel ^b   Gupta, Atul K ^b  

^a MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheters and catheterization, central venous access; Catheters and catheterization, complications; Dialysis, shunts; Thrombolysis; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY STRIPPING; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS FIBRIN SHEATH STRIPPING; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033775225     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(07)61352-9     Document Type: Article

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