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RadioGraphics, Vol 18, 1155-1167, Copyright © 1998 by Radiological Society of North America

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Translumbar placement of inferior vena caval catheters: a solution for challenging hemodialysis access

DK Rajan, DL Croteau, SG Sturza, ML Harvill and CJ Mehall
Department of Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and Harper Hospital, Detroit, Mich, USA.

Access to the central venous circulation for hemodialysis has traditionally been achieved via the subclavian or jugular venous routes. With ongoing improvements in medical management, many hemodialysis recipients develop exhaustion of these routes and require alternative means of central venous access. Inferior vena caval (IVC) catheters have been placed with a percutaneous translumbar approach to allow central venous access for chemotherapy, harvesting of stem cells, and total parenteral nutrition. Translumbar placement of IVC catheters has become accepted by some as a useful and reliable alternative in patients who require long-term hemodialysis but have exhausted traditional access sites. IVC catheters have been placed in patients with IVC filters, and IVC filters have been placed in patients with IVC catheters. Complications include those associated with central venous catheters, for example, sepsis, fibrin sheaths, and thrombosis. A complication specific to placement of IVC hemodialysis catheters is migration of the catheter into the subcutaneous soft tissues, retroperitoneum, or iliac veins. Translumbar placement of IVC catheters is performed only in patients considered to have few or no other medical options and is not intended as a primary means of central venous access.




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