Seventy-nine patients who had Hickman-Broviac (H-B) catheters inserted over a l-year period were studied. There were 52 patients in the hematological group and 27 patients .in the solid tumor group. Complications associated with the H-B cathethers were infection and venous thrombosis, with infection
Hickman catheter for haemodialysis in paediatric patients
โ Scribed by G. Pillion; A. Maisin; M. A. Macher; P. Bourquelot; C. Loirat
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 192 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-041X
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