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Titel:

Initial Experience with Healthport miniMaxtextsuperscriptcircledR and Other Peripheral Arm Ports in Patients with Advanced Gastrointestinal Malignancy

Autor(en):
Lersch, C.; Eckel, F.; Sader, R.; Paschalidis, M.; Zeilhofer, F.; Schulte-Frohlinde, E.; Theiss, W.
Abstract:
While central ports are located at the chest, peripheral ports (PP) are inserted at the patients’ forearms. Two new PPs (Healthport miniMax® and Bard Titan Low Profile Port) and two well-established types (Port-A-Cath® P.A.S. Port and PeriPortTM peripheral access system) were tested. 125 patients were given the choice between PP and chest ports, and 100 of them chose PP. PP were inserted in patients suffering from gastrointestinal malignancies (n = 95), AIDS (n = 3) or Crohn’s disease (n = 2). T...     »
Stichworte:
Peripheral ports; Port infection; Catheter-related thrombosis; Color-coded duplex sonography; Gastrointestinal malignancy
Zeitschriftentitel:
Oncology
Jahr:
1999
Band / Volume:
57
Heft / Issue:
4
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
269--275
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1159/000012059
Verlag / Institution:
S. Karger AG
Verlagsort:
Basel, Switzerland
Print-ISSN:
1423-0232
E-ISSN:
1423-0232
Hinweise:
Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich. This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
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