The dwell time and survival rates of PICC placement after balloon angioplasty in patient with unexpected central venous obstruction.

CONCLUSIONS: PICC placement after balloon angioplasty is a good treatment option for patients with unexpected central venous lesions, and offers high technical success rates. The actual survival rate was relatively lower (40.7%) than that from previous studies. PMID: 27373537 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27373537?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Journal of Vascular Access - July 6, 2016 Category: Surgery Tags: J Vasc Access Source Type: research

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