title: Percutaneous drainage access: a simplified coaxial technique.
abstract: We describe an access technique that we have used in 150 nephrostomy and biliary drainage procedures and for access to some abscesses and viscera. The system provides safe coaxial access with a 22-gauge removable hub needle, which then acts as a guide wire and is replaced by an 18-gauge cannula. A major advantage is that only one guide wire is used (0.038-inch) for the entire drainage procedure. No significant complications have occurred to date with this method.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: vanSonnenberg
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Wittich
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Schiffman
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Willson
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Casola
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hayne
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Polansky
mesh_terms: D001662:Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D014547:Urinary Diversion