Polyurethane versus silicone port a cath: What's going on at removal?

[1]  D. Mukherji,et al.  Update on totally implantable venous access devices. , 2012, Surgical oncology.

[2]  C. Fournier,et al.  Totally implantable venous access port systems and risk factors for complications: a one-year prospective study in a cancer centre. , 2011, European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology.

[3]  M. Prins,et al.  Risk of thrombosis and infections of central venous catheters and totally implanted access ports in patients treated for cancer. , 2010, Thrombosis research.

[4]  H. Lai,et al.  A new technique to remove a "stuck" totally implantable venous access catheter. , 2009, Journal of pediatric surgery.

[5]  B. Kenney,et al.  Rare but serious complications of central line insertion. , 2009, Seminars in pediatric surgery.

[6]  Chau-Jing Chen,et al.  Removal of Retained Port-A Catheter in Central Lines in a Pediatric Population , 2007 .

[7]  W. Hop,et al.  The catheter is stuck: complications experienced during removal of a totally implantable venous access device. A single-center study in 200 children. , 2006, Journal of pediatric surgery.

[8]  R. Foglia,et al.  Complications associated with an implantable vascular access device. , 2006, Journal of pediatric surgery.

[9]  A. Forauer,et al.  Jugular vein catheter placement: histologic features and development of catheter-related (fibrin) sheaths in a swine model. , 2006, Radiology.

[10]  F. Brémont,et al.  Follow-up of 452 totally implantable vascular devices in cystic fibrosis patients , 2004, European Respiratory Journal.

[11]  D. Poenaru,et al.  Calcified catheter “cast”: a rare complication of indwelling central venous catheters in infants , 1998, Pediatric Surgery International.

[12]  H. Chung,et al.  Retention of broken central venous catheters in pulmonary artery and inferior vena cava--a case report. , 1997, Acta anaesthesiologica Sinica.

[13]  P. Voûte,et al.  Continuous venous access in children for long-term chemotherapy by means of an implantable system. , 1986, Journal of pediatric surgery.