INDWELLING plastic catheters placed by venesection ("cutdown") have become commonplace in the treatment of seriously ill patients in nearly every field of clinical practice. Cutdowns are utilized p ...

Different and long term chemotherapy treatments or nutritional support require a long term venous access in a cancer patient. Since 1982, the increasingly frequent use of TIVADs has reduced the ...

per injection. Through a cutdown in the right antecubital vein a No. 7 or No. 8 Lehman catheter was introduced and passed into the hepatic wedge position. A No. 18 Cournand needle or a short ...

From November 2006 until January 2008 devices were placed using either a cephalic vein cut-down or a blind percutaneous approach based on anatomic landmarks. The choice of insertion technique was ...