Totally implantable venous access devices in children with medical complexity: preliminary data from a tertiary care hospital.

CONCLUSIONS: A totally implanted VAD in CMC is safe and manageable. As expected, infection seems to be the major complication with no infection-related death. Malnutrition and musculoskeletal deformities, which are frequent comorbidities in CMC, should be considered to reduce the risk of dislodgment/migration.
PMID: 28574141 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Journal of Vascular Access - June 4, 2017 Category: Surgery Tags: J Vasc Access Source Type: research