title: Minimally invasive outpatient centers.
abstract: Minimally-invasive medicine has continually progressed from its beginning in the 1960's. Evolution of technology and techniques have led to treatment of new disease states in minimally-invasive therapies. Now the venue of those therapies is shifting outpatient procedures from the hospital and into outpatient centers.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Access Centers, Philadelphia Vascular Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA. jamesmcguckin@earthlink.net
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGuckin
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Parkinson
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods*; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States