Late embolization of an unfractured port catheter into the heart: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 724-726

  Behrend, Matthias ^a   Paboura, Eleni ^a   Raab, Rudolf ^a  

^a Klinik Für Viszeral und Transplantationschirurgie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Implantable; Indwelling catheter; Infusion pump; Postoperative complication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CHEMOTHERAPY; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP;

ADULT; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036038325     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950200135     Document Type: Article

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