Long-term central venous access through the ovarian vein.
This is a case report of a patient, totally dependent on parenteral nutrition, with thrombosis of the superior vena cava and infrarenal inferior vena cava. The ovarian vein was the most accessible route for placement of a long-term indwelling catheter. We describe a technique of central venous access via the ovarian vein through a lower midline laparotomy.
Chang
M Y
MY
Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
Morris
J B
JB
D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010053:Ovary / Q000098:blood supply*; D016562:Parenteral Nutrition, Home Total; D014680:Veins