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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 16
| Issue : 3 | Page : 99-101 |
Central venous catheterization in neonates: Comparison of complications with percutaneous and open surgical methods
Mehrdad Hosseinpour, Mohammad Reza Mashadi, Samin Behdad, Zohre Azarbad
Department of Surgery, Trauma Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Mehrdad Hosseinpour
Department of Surgery, Trauma Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.83487
Aim: To compare the complications of two methods of placement of central venous catheters. Materials and Methods: One hundred neonates had percutaneously inserted central venous catheters and another 100 had the catheters placed after surgical incision and vein location. Results : No statistical difference was noted in the complication rate or efficacy Conclusions : Both the methods are equally safe and effective.
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