Repair of Damaged Central Venous Catheters is Safe and Doubles Catheter Survival: a Home Parenteral Nutrition Patient Cohort Study

Repeated central venous catheter loss due to complications, including material breakage, compromises the options to obtain adequate vascular access in home parenteral nutrition (HPN) patients. It remains unclear whether repair of damaged catheters is an effective strategy to extend catheter survival, avoid surgical replacement and maintain venous access. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of catheter repair in our cohort of intestinal failure patients.
Source: Clinical Nutrition - Category: Nutrition Authors: Source Type: research