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Experience with long‐term outpatient venous access utilizing percutaneously placed silicone elastomer catheters
Author(s) -
Slater Harvey,
Goldfarb I. William,
Jacob Herb E.,
Hill John B.,
Srodes Carl H.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19851015)56:8<2074::aid-cncr2820560831>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - medicine , venous access , silicone , term (time) , surgery , catheter , composite material , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics
One hundred forty consecutive cancer patients had percutaneously placed subclavian vein catheters for up to 882 days' duration. The incidence of suspected and proven catheter‐related sepsis was low. This is a cost‐effective alternative to tunneled catheter insertion for chronic venous access in cancer patients. Cancer 56: 2074‐2077, 1985.