Between January and June 2001, 22 consecutive patients underwent RRP with a watertight eight-suture (interrupted 2 - 0 PDS) vesicourethral anastomosis (VUA) by a single surgeon (CZ) for clinically ...

The premature removal of peripherally inserted central catheters for unconfirmed infection or thrombosis can lead to subsequent reinsertions and associated complications. According to a new study in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA designated Inari Medical’s recall of its catheter for clot removal in large blood vessels as class I.

ORLANDO—Patients with gram-negative peritonitis (GNP) undergoing early catheter removal have a higher rate of permanent transfer to hemodialysis but a lower death rate compared with GNP patients not ...

Baby GB is a 970 g, 29 weeks of gestation infant, who received a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for total parenteral nutrition. A #26-G polyurethane catheter was inserted on day seven ...

A program to stop catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) at one neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU) has been a resounding success. By mid-May, the unit hadn't seen an infection in ...

Man taking medication Study findings support AUA guidelines to consider antibiotic prophylaxis at the time of catheter removal. Administering antibiotic prophylaxis at the time of catheter removal ...

THE complications of indwelling intravenous polyethylene catheters for monitoring of central venous pressure and for therapeutic infusions are well known. One of these, embolization of a severed ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has published an advisory on which catheters are and are not indicated for neurovascular thrombus ...

To the Editor: Recently, Massumi and Ross 1 described removal of a polyethylene catheter from the superior vena cava with a snare-like device fashioned from standard cardiac catheter and guide wire.

An indwelling urinary catheter helps drain urine from your body when you can’t do it on your own. You may need one for any number of reasons: After surgery, with some cancer treatments, or if you have ...

About one in two nurses experience blood exposure at least once a month when inserting a peripheral intravenous catheter, according to a new study by the International Healthcare Worker Safety Center ...