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Published on: December 23, 2014
Direct transcaval placement of both a Greenfield filter and a Hickman catheter
G R Voeller1, R C Frederick, R W Luther
1Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
Abstract:
A 28-year-old woman with short-bowel syndrome caused by multiple operations for bleeding intestinal telangiectasias required a vena caval filter and long-term angioaccess. All major veins normally used for these procedures were obliterated and/or stenosed. A technique for direct transcaval placement of both a Greenfield filter and Hickman catheter is described.
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