Totally Implantable Venous Access Device Placement by Interventional Radiologists: Are Prophylactic Antibiotics Necessary?

Intrapulmonal dislocation of a totally implantable venous access device

BACKGROUND: Totally implantable venous access devices are widely used for infusion of chemotherapy or parenteral nutrition. Device associated complications include technical operative problems, infections, paravasal infusions and catheter or punction chamber dislocation. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 49-year-old patient with the rare complication of a intrapulmonal catheter disloc...

study of advantages and disadvantages of totally implantable venous access device

totally implantable venous access devices (tivad) or implantable catheter ports are devices which can be implanted subcutaneously. they enable prolonged and repeated access to the vascular system, into the peritoneal cavity or intravertebral space. this device is particularly useful for repeated medical injection, for blood sampling or transfusion of blood and blood derivatives and for total pa...

Applying Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices (TIVAD) in Children: the First Iranian Experience

Insertion of Totally Implantable Central Venous Access Devices by Surgeons

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to evaluate the results for the insertion of totally implantable central venous access devices (TICVADs) by surgeons. METHODS Total 397 patients, in whom TICVADs had been inserted for intravenous chemotherapy between September 2008 and June 2014, were pooled. This procedure was performed under local anesthesia in an operation room. The insertion site for the T...

Peritoneal dialysis catheter placement by interventional radiologists

In this issue, Quach and colleagues report on their singlecenter experience with peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters placed by radiologists using ultrasound and fluoroscopic guidance, largely as outpatient same-day procedures under local anesthesia [1]. In 30 catheters placed, subsequent migration was noted in four patients and one patient ultimately required surgical intervention. These general...