Catheter valves: are they useful in supporting patients in a trial without catheter? [PDF]
, 2022 A trial without catheter (TWOC) is a common urological procedure undertaken to remove an indwelling urinary catheter when no longer clinically indicated.
McNaughton, Joanne +1 more
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Vascular perforation of umbilical venous catheter and awaiting it to be shallow [PDF]
, 2023 The patient was a boy born at 23 weeks and 0 days of gestation weighed 401 g at birth. For treatment, an umbilical venous catheter was placed but the catheter perforated a blood vessel. We thought that prompt removal of the catheter would lead to massive
Hayakawa, Masahiro +2 more
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A single paravertebral injection via a needle vs. a catheter for the spreading to multiple intercostal levels: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
, 2020 Purpose: Thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) provides a unilateral nerve block at multiple intercostal levels allowing injection of a local anesthetic into paravertebral space (PVS) via a needle or catheter.
Ban, Yasutaka +6 more
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Catheter Event Rates in Medical Compared to Surgical Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion [PDF]
, 2023 Introduction: How patient, center, and insertion technique factors interact needs to be understood when designing peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter insertion pathways.
Harry Hill +32 more
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Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation : radiofrequency catheter ablation for redo procedures after cryoablation [PDF]
, 2013 Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of two different strategies using radiofrequency catheter ablation for redo procedures after cryoablation of atrial fibrillation. Methods: Thirty patients (paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: 22 patients, persistent atrial
Gramley, Felix, Kettering, Klaus
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Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR, 2023 Purpose Critically ill patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) require intensive care unit (ICU) admission. The management of pancreatic fluid collections (PFCs) in this group is challenging.
Pankaj Gupta +8 more
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Inside-Out access strategy using new trans-vascular catheter approach
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2016 Image guided minimal invasive treatment can have large benefits for patient recovery and is lowering hospitalisation costs. But an access path, minimizing patient’s risk, is needed to reach the target structure inside of the body.
Boese Axel +3 more
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Central Venous Catheter Complications during Home Parenteral Nutrition: A Prospective Pilot Study of 481 Patients with More than 30,000 Catheter Days [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) has been shown to delay deterioration in cancer patients with malnutrition. Its risk-benefit ratio, however, is determined by the threat of central venous catheter (CVC) complications.
Weimann, Arved +4 more
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INNOLAB- image guided surgery and therapy lab
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2017 Incremental innovation, something better or cheaper or more effective, is the standard innovation process for medical product development. Disruptive innovation is often not recognized as disruptive, because it very often starts as a simple and easy ...
Fritzsche Holger +2 more
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Miniature CNT-based X-ray tube: assessment for use in intraoperative radiation therapy
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2017 Carbon nanotube (CNT) is a new technology used to generate gamma photons in X-ray tubes. CNTs, in comparison to other small X-ray sources, produce high X-ray intensities and as they are not based on a thermionic principle they considered cold electron ...
Mahmoud-Pashazadeh Ali +5 more
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