Thrombotic risk with PICCs matched that of totally implantable venous access devices, showing comparable long-term safety.

Establishment of long-term central venous access is a sine qua non step for bone marrow transplantation in children. Most frequently, long-term central venous access has been obtained via blind ...

1 Department of Vascular Surgery & Interventional Therapy, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China 2 College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, ...

Totally implantable venous access ports (TIVAPs) are commonly used for patients undergoing chemotherapy and long-term repeated infusions. The incidence of thrombosis is low and rarely leads to serious ...

During intensive and long-lasting treatments, short-term or emergency care, children often undergo minor needle-related procedures (ie, venepuncture, venous cannulation and puncture of central venous ...

The FDA has labeled Smiths Medical‘s recall of ProPort Implantable Plastic Port as Class I, the most serious kind. Smiths Medical — which is part of ICU Medical — recalled its ProPort ports because of ...

The following is a summary of “Central-venous-catheter-related bloodstream infections in adult patients with sickle cell disease: a retrospective, two-centre study,” published in the February 2025 ...

Objectives To determine risk factors for catheter survival and complications after image-guided implantation of a totally implanted vascular access device (TIVAD). Methods A total of 2883 TIVADs (2735 ...