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A Technique for Tunneling Central Venous Catheters
Author(s) -
Klein Michael D.,
Coran Arnold G.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607185009004521
Subject(s) - central venous catheter , medicine , quantum tunnelling , catheter , surgery , materials science , optoelectronics
Tunneling the central venous catheter from the venous insertion site in the subclavicular or cervical area to the exit site on the chest wall can be difficult, especially in small children with a very convex chest wall. We present a technique which avoids many of the problems encountered with previously described methods.