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Pediatric Surgery International
Published in: Pediatric Surgery International 6/2018

01-06-2018 | Technical Innovation

A method to accurately estimate the catheter length needed for a tunneled central catheter placement

Authors: Mihir Chaudhary, Olajire Idowu, Sunghoon Kim

Published in: Pediatric Surgery International | Issue 6/2018

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Abstract

A typical method of placing a tunneled central catheter utilizes C-arm fluoroscopy for insertion and estimation of the length of the catheter needed. We describe a new technique to estimate the length more accurately using a C-arm fluoroscope.
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Metadata
Title
A method to accurately estimate the catheter length needed for a tunneled central catheter placement
Authors
Mihir Chaudhary
Olajire Idowu
Sunghoon Kim
Publication date
01-06-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Pediatric Surgery International / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0179-0358
Electronic ISSN: 1437-9813
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-018-4263-z

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