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Catheterization of the Femoral Vein for Chronic Hemodialysis

Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Uludag University, Medical School, Bursa, Turkey

Over the last ten years (1976-1986), 3,041 hemodialyses have been performed with 6,082 femoral vein catheterization in 336 patients with chronic renal failure. In the 3,041 hemodialyses, severe hematoma (0.29%), superficial hematoma (5.55%), and retroperitoneal hematoma (0.06%) have been observed. In 29 patients whose hemodialyses have been performed successively with femoral vein catheterization over a period of three to twelve months, subcutaneous fibrosis was observed in 24 and femoral vein regional narrowing was seen in 2.

Angiology, Vol. 38, No. 11, 847-850 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/000331978703801107


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