Publications by authors named "E Porteri"
Article Synopsis
- The axillary and basilic veins in the arm often have diameters too small for standard PICC-Ports, making alternative insertion techniques necessary.
- A pseudo-tunneling procedure developed for this study successfully enabled the placement of PICC-Ports in patients with small arm veins without complications.
- The results indicate that pseudo-tunneling is a safe and effective option, reducing the need for central venous catheterization in such cases.
Background: Silicone Cuffed Centrally Inserted Central venous catheters (CICCs) were a type of catheters that have been used for a long time especially in cancer patients. Recently, thanks to biomedic research progresses, polyurethane catheters have resulted in higher surgical performances compared to classical silicone ones. Indeed, the inferior calibers of these new catheters lead to an extremely faster infusion rate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Tunneled centrally inserted central venous catheters (CICCs) are a type of catheters used especially in cancer pediatric patients or affected from short bowel disease and malabsorption. Recently, thanks to biomedical research progresses, polyurethane catheters have resulted in high surgical performances with a low caliber but extremely fast infusion rate. Sometimes the replacement procedure over a Seldinger guidewire could be an appreciable technique especially reusing the same vein and the same tunnel of the previous catheter, with local anesthesia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Microvascular structural alterations may be considered an important form of hypertension-mediated organ damage. An increased media-to-lumen ratio of subcutaneous small arteries evaluated with locally invasive techniques (micromyography) predicts the development of cardiovascular (CV) events. However, it is not known whether retinal arteriole structural alterations evaluated with a noninvasive approach (Adaptive Optics) may have a prognostic significance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this study was to present our experience with a use of own variation of the traditional technique for tunneled and cuffed catheters removal.
Methods: From July 2021 to March 2023, 110 tunneled cuffed centrally inserted central catheters (CICCs) were removed at the Vascular Access Unit of ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia using our particular technique; pediatric patients were 15 admitted to "Children Hospital" of Brescia. The catheter is cut with its adhesions above the cuff and then pulled out.