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Semin intervent Radiol 2004; 21(2): 111-117
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-833684
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Unconventional Central Access: Catheter Insertion in Collateral or in Recanalized Veins

Brian Funaki1
  • 1Associate Professor and Section Chief, Section of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and Section of Abdominal Imaging, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois
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13 September 2004 (online)

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Catheter hemodialysis is an unfortunate but necessary option for patients with end-stage kidneys. Patients on chronic catheter hemodialysis often slowly exhaust veins in the neck and chest, necessitating use of unconventional veins such as the femoral veins, translumbar inferior vena cava, hepatic veins, or recanalized or collateral veins. Recanalized or collateral veins are an attractive option because using these veins preserves the limited remaining access sites. Patients favor this approach because catheter care is simplified; catheters inserted in these veins appear identical to catheters inserted in the internal or external jugular veins.

KEYWORDS

Catheter hemodialysis - collateral veins - recanalized veins - central venous access

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Brian FunakiM.D. 

Section of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Section of Abdominal Imaging, University of Chicago Hospitals

5840 S. Maryland Ave., MC 2026

Chicago, IL 60637

Email: bfunaki@midway.uchicago.edu

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