Long-term, tunneled, noncuffed central venous catheter in cancer patients (Vygon): Safety, efficacy, and complications

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1141-1146

  Masci, Giovanna ^a   Magagnoli, Massimo ^a   Pedicini, Vittorio ^a   Poretti, Dario ^a   Castagna, Luca ^a   Carnaghi, Carlo ^a   Morenghi, Emanuela ^a   Del Vecchio, Antonietta ^a   Finotto, Rita ^a   Brambilla, Giorgio ^a   Santoro, Armando ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Catheter related complication; Infections; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

DACRON;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 33845398919     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0065-2     Document Type: Article

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