title: An improved fine needle catheter introducing set for safer central vein cannulation.
abstract: The serious clinical complications of central venous catheterization are mostly due to laceration of vital thoracocervical structures by large caliber introducing needles. A new percutaneous sheath catheter introducing kit requiring only a 21-gauge needle for its introduction has been devised for the purpose of significantly reducing the incidence of life-threatening pneumothoraces and arterial injuries.
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D013350:Subclavian Vein