Sonographically guided placement of peripherally inserted central venous catheters: review of 355 procedures.

Outcome analysis in 3,160 implantations of radiologically guided placements of totally implantable central venous port systems

“…Thus, thromboses can be detected before vessel puncture and the access site can be adapted without previous trauma to the occluded vessel [45]. Studies on ultrasound-guided vessel punctures document success rates of up to 90-100% [19,[45][46][47][48]. In our study, the success rate was 99.8%.…”

Long-term outcomes of peripheral arm ports implanted in patients with colorectal cancer

“…6,7 Ports can be placed easily at peripheral sites and can be well maintained with minimal morbidity. We therefore prefer to use peripheral arm ports in patients with MCRC.…”

US-guided peripheral vascular interventions, comments on the EFSUMB guidelines

“…Three systematic reviews have demonstrated that US-guidance increases the success rate of peripheral venous cannulation [5][6][7]. Peripheral venous access under sonographic guidance is safe in adults and in pediatric patients as well [8][9][10], with an overall success rate of 91% and a successful first attempt in 73% of the cases [11]. Even in the study of Costantino et al [12], the use of US to guide placement of peripheral intravenous catheters in patients with difficult access resulted in a success rate of 97% as compared to the success rate of only 33% by using palpation and landmark guidance.…”