Axillary vein access has emerged as a safe and efficient alternative for cardiac device implantation. By utilising the anatomical course of the axillary vein, clinicians can facilitate the insertion ...

Axillary vein puncture guided by ultrasound, using a readily learned technique, was superior to cephalic vein dissection via cut-down for implantation of cardiac device leads in a small, multicenter, ...

The SAVES method is an effective and safe approach for ultrasound-guided infraclavicular axillary/subclavian vein cannulation. Cannulation is a procedure of inserting a flexible tube (catheter) into ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a meta-analysis of venous access techniques for implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices, ...

D. Scott Lind, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Barbara L. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.; Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S. Before the advent of SLN biopsy, axillary dissection was ...

THE term "varicose veins" customarily suggests, immediately, and almost exclusively, abnormal dilatations and tortuosities of the saphenous veins of the lower extremity. If one then stops to reflect ...

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words. From the 18th Surgical Hospital (MA), Vietnam (address reprint requests to Captain Hewitt at the Department of Experimental Surgery, Walter ...