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01-01-2018 | Letter to the Editor
Pen Torch Transillumination: Difficult Venepuncture Made Easy
Authors:
Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan, Sapana Bothra, Aromal Chekavar, Amit Agarwal
Published in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Issue 1/2018
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Excerpt
We read with interest the article “Pen Torch Transillumination: Difficult Venepuncture Made Easy” by Cai et al. We congratulate the authors on their study on difficult venepuncture made easy making use of transillumination principle which can be replicated in any scenario [
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3]. We in our endocrine and breast surgery unit also encounter this practically difficult venepuncture especially in patients undergoing chemotherapy for carcinoma of the breast, Cushing’s syndrome and paediatric patients. This cost-effective technique shall result in less distress for these highly difficult venepuncture, and we feel that routine use shall decrease the learning curve for this technique. …
