Is Routine Postoperative Chest X-Ray Necessary after Fluoroscopic-Guided Subclavian Central Venous Port Placement?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 517-519

  Brown, Jon R ^a   Slomski, Carol ^a   Saxe, Andrew W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 62349140390     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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