Implantable subcutaneous venous catheters.

Totally implantable venous catheters for chemotherapy: experience in 500 patients.

CONTEXT Totally implantable devices are increasingly being utilized for chemotherapy treatment of oncological patients, although few studies have been done in our environment to analyze the results obtained from the implantation and utilization of such catheters. OBJECTIVE To study the results obtained from the implantation of totally implantable catheters in patients submitted to chemotherap...

Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

or nearly 3 decades, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has been available to patients who survived life-threatening rapid heart rhythms or are at risk of experiencing them. The ICD comprises a device generator coupled with a defibrillation lead. Traditional ICDs are implanted under the skin with the generator positioned beneath the collar bone. The defibrilla-tion lead is inserte...

Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

Central venous catheters.

Central venous catheterisation was first performed in 1929when Werner Frossman, a German doctor, inserted a ureteric catheter into his antecubital vein. He then walked to the radiography department so that the catheter could be guided into his right ventricle using fluoroscopy. Since then, central venous access has become amainstay of modern clinical practice. An estimated 200 000 central venou...

Totally implantable central venous catheters for chemotherapy: experience with 793 patients.

OBJECTIVE To retrospectively study the results obtained with the implementation of totally implantable catheters in patients undergoing chemotherapy. METHODS 815 totally implantable catheters placed in 793 patients undergoing chemotherapy regimen, preferably using the right cephalic vein. We evaluated early and late complications. RESULTS The retrospective analysis showed an average duratio...