Venous cutdown vs Seldinger technique
Success of primary implantation · patients requiring an elective TIVAP insertion for treatment of benign or malignant disease
Venous cutdown probably leads to lower success of primary implantation compared with seldinger technique (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Venous cutdown versus the Seldinger technique for placement of totally implantable venous access ports 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyOR 0.4 [0.25, 0.65]7 studies · 1006 participantsModerate