"Pinch-off" syndrome and fracture of permanently implanted venous access;Sindrome del "pinch off" e rottura di accesso venoso totalmente impiantato. Descrizione di un caso

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 297-300

  Ferrari, Alessandra ^a,b   Nahas, Sharon ^a   Maccaferri, Roberto ^a   Malacarne, Paolo ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria S Anna   (Italy)

^b UO Pediatria e Adolescentologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

"Pinch off" syndrome; Central venous catheters; Fracture and embolization; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

EID: 3042937121     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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