Two months after discharge, the patient underwent an uncomplicated transaxillary resection of the left first rib to relieve compression of the subclavian vein. Venography performed one month later ...

The subclavian vein is a large paired, deep vein that extends along each side of the neck. The primary function of veins is to transport deoxygenated blood from all parts of the body, returning it ...

Original Article Archive Subclavian-Vein Thrombosis Associated with Fractures of the Clavicle — Report of Two Cases Author: Israel Steinberg, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published April 6, 1961 ...

Per 1000 catheter-days, these combined complications occurred at a rate of 1.5 events for subclavian vein catheters, 3.6 for jugular vein catheters, and 4.6 for femoral vein catheters (P = .02).

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 ...

Methods The charts of inpatients who underwent venous duplex scanning of the upper torso veins from January 2002 to December 2003 at the University of Southern California University Hospital, an ...

SO-CALLED "effort thrombosis" of the axillary or subclavian vein has been the subject of at least 70 communications in the literature since 1930; upwards of 300 cases have been reported. 1–8 ...

For the study, researchers randomly assigned 3,027 patients to have catheters placed in one of three locations: nontunneled central venous catheterization to the subclavian, jugular, or femoral vein.