Originally described in the late nineteenth century by Paget and von Schroetter, [1,2] thrombosis of the axillary and subclavian veins was thought to be a rare occurrence. In fact, prior to 1970 ...

The meta-analysis included 23 studies of 35,722 patients who had a CIED implanted, including 18,009 who had subclavian vein puncture, 409 who had axillary vein puncture and 17,304 who had cephalic ...

Evidence suggests that elective, real-time, ultrasound-guided cannulation of the subclavian vein may be more effective than the landmark-guided technique when performed by an experienced operator ...

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013;14(3):273-283. An alternative site for CVC placement in children is the axillary vein. Metz et al [46] reported a series of axillary CVC attempts that were successful ...

Axillary nerve compression and injury often leads to pain and weakness in the shoulder or arm. Most of these types of injuries heal on their own or alongside noninvasive treatments, like pain ...

Adipose tissue dysfunction is associated with inflammation, type 2 diabetes mellitus and vascular diseases. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT)-derived adipokines, which are released in the portal ...

If we operate on a woman and perform a sentinel lymph node biopsy and any of the lymph nodes show tumor, the typical discussion you would then have with your surgeon is whether or not you need to ...