Totally implantable venous access device inserted during major abdominal operations for cancer. A new technique
Di Carlo, I.; Lombardo, R.; Russello, D.; Puleo, S.
Hepato-Gastroenterology 47(34): 907-908
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0172-6390 PMID: 11020844 Document Number: 520822
Totally implantable venous access devices are usually implanted by surgical cut-down technique or by percutaneous approach, after a first surgical procedure. The authors describe a new surgical approach utilizing the right gonadal vein or the vena cava for totally implantable venous access device placement in patients submitted to major digestive surgical procedures for tumors. This new surgical approach allows one to avoid a second operative procedure.