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Heparin versus Saline Solution for Locking of Totally Implantable Venous Access Port (TIVAP): Cohort Study of the First Kurdistan Series of TIVAP
... Currently, totally implantable venous access port (TIVAP) becomes an essential prerequisite for most of che- motherapy protocols for solid and hematological malignancies and chronic illnesses require long ...
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Frequency of pneumothorax and haemothorax after primary open versus closed implantation strategies for insertion of a totally implantable venous access port in oncological patients: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... Totally implantable venous access port (TIVAP) im- plantation was first introduced in the early 1980s by Niederhuber et al. [1]. Following further refinement, the technique has been adopted worldwide to ...
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Comparison of Venae Sectio vs modified Seldinger Technique for Totally Implantable Access Ports; Portas trial [ISRCTN:52368201]
... Insertion of a Totally Implantable Access Port (TIAP) is a routinely employed technique in patients who need a save and permanent venous access for e.g. chemotherapy and/ or parenteral nutrition[1]. This ...
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Totally implantable venous access devices: retrospective analysis of different insertion techniques and predictors of complications in 796 devices implanted in a single institution
... consecutive totally implantable venous access devices (TIVAD) applied from November 2006 to November 2011 in the Surgical Oncology Unit of the Veneto Institute of Oncology (IOV- ...M.R.I. Implantable ...
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Intrapulmonal dislocation of a totally implantable venous access device
... Totally implantable venous access devices are broadly used for application of chemotherapy or intravenous nutrition, especially in patients with poor peripheral vein conditions ...
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Protocol of an expertise based randomized trial comparing surgical Venae Sectio versus radiological Puncture of Vena Subclavia for insertion of Totally Implantable Access Port in oncological patients
... The first implantation of a TIAP was performed and described by Niederhuber et al. in 1982. Since then the insertion of a TIAP is a routinely employed technique in patients who need a safe and permanent venous access for ...
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Investigation and Development of a Fiber-Optic Vibrometer for Use in Totally Implantable Hearing Aids
... In this paper we present the results of the research and development of a fiber-optic-based vibrometer for use in totally implantable hearing aids (TIHAs). We addressed the most important issues regarding ...
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Flushing ports of totally implantable venous access devices, and impact of the Huber point needle bevel orientation: experimental tests and numerical computation
... of totally implantable venous access devices developed as a medical device allowing mid- and long-term, frequent, repeated, or continuous injection of therapeutic products, by vascular, cavitary, or ...
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Maintenance of totally implantable central venous catheter access port (port a cath) in oncology: integrating literature review
... in totally, 23 publications were selected, including 04 guidelines, 01 institutional protocol, 06 integrative literature reviews, 03 systematic reviews of the literature, 01 methodological validation study, 03 ...
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Totally Implantable Venous Access Port Infection in Northwest of Iran
... In this investigation, 116 patients with TIVAD, who were admitted to our outpatient palliative care clinic, were studied for probable port infection. Table 1 shows demographic, socio-demographic and physical findings of ...
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Power port contrast medium flushing and trapping: impact of temperature, an in vitro experimental study
... of totally implantable venous access devices (TIVADs) certified as “high pressure resistant” or “power port” has begun to spread worldwide as a safe procedure for power contrast ...
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Value of Superficial Cultures for Prediction of Catheter Related Bloodstream Infection in Long Term Catheters: a Prospective Study
... Microorganisms colonizing skin, hubs, or both are considered the first step to catheter tip colonization and, consequently, to C-RBSI (13–15). Therefore, superficial cultures (skin and hubs) are good diagnostic tools for ...
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Impact of the shape of the implantable ports on their efficiency of flow (injection and flushing)
... decades, totally implantable venous access devices (TIVADs) have been used for drug administration (injection or perfusion), as well as for blood ...
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Integration technologies for implantable microsystems
... An implantable, variable flow micropump platform has been developed, using MEMs technologies, specifically for intracochlear drug delivery in the mouse model for deafness therapy ...
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Implantable antennas for biomedical applications
... The objective of a wireless healthcare monitoring system using implantable device is to provide reliable information from inside of the human body to an external Base Station (BS). A WBAN system comprises several ...
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Implantable antennas for biomedical applications
... Chapter 6 estimates and quantifies the loss of a communication path between a pacemaker and a glucose monitoring device. The benefit of this type of communication is indicated in [28]. Both of the glucose monitoring and ...
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Pacemakers And Implantable Pacemakers
... The technology of implantable pacemakers has brought an advent in the field of bio medical instrumentation. With its common usage in the present era its growing advantages have become clearer. The present day’s ...
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Leadless Pacemakers: practice and promise in congenital heart disease
... the implantable cardiac pacemaker nearly 60 years ago represented a paradigm shift in the control of potentially lethal heart rhythms and has revolutionized the lives of those at risk of sudden death from ...
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Carotid artery infusion via implantable catheters for squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsils
... Eleven patients with cancers of the tonsils were included in this retrospective case series. All patients were reluc- tant to undergo radiotherapy or chemoradiation and signed informed consent forms for intra-arterial ...
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Infections of cardiac implantable electronic devices: Epidemiology, classification, treatment, and prognosis
... Management of any diagnosed infection (PI, ICED-LI or ICED-IE) comprises several common points. In each of the infection types, it is advised to remove totally, if possible, the infected system (i.e., the pulse ...
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