Tunneled Infusion Catheter Breakage: Frequency and Repair Kit Outcomes

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-206

  Hwang, Freeman R ^a   Stavropoulos, S William ^a   Shlansky Goldberg, Richard D ^a   Mondschein, Jeffrey I ^a   Patel, Aalpen A ^a   Solomon, Jeffrey A ^a   Itkin, Maxim ^a   Soulen, Michael C ^a   Chittams, Jesse L ^a   Trerotola, Scott O ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SILICONES;

EID: 38349172412     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.08.030     Document Type: Article

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