A modified method of vascular access system implantation using the subclavian vein.
A new method of implanting vascular access systems using the Arrow Percutaneous Sheath Introducer Kit is described. The surgeon who frequently inserts these systems may find this technique to be a useful alternative in those patients in whom cutdowns were unsuccessful or in whom the percutaneous technique with a peel-away sheath is found to be difficult.
Department of General Surgery, Guthrie Medical Center, Sayre, Pennsylvania.
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D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D006801:Humans; D013350:Subclavian Vein / Q000601:surgery*