A technique for tunneling central venous catheters.
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.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013350:Subclavian Vein