CPT codes are granted and regulated by the AMA CPT Editorial Panel and are widely used by government payers, including Medicare and Medicaid, and commercial health plans, to describe healthcare ...

Objective: To report an unusual cause of femoral vein compression in a spinal cord injury (SCI) patient. Design: A case report of a SCI patient in whom the strap of a urinal produced compression of ...

AS hospitalized patients in increasing numbers survive a multiplicity of other medical and surgical crises, pulmonary embolism continues as a chief immediate cause of death. Although anticoagulant ...

1 Department of Orthopaedics, Sports Injuries Unit, “Agios Pavlos” General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 2 Department of Radiology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece ...

Interv Cardiol. 2012;4(5):527-536. The venous anatomy of the lower leg is made up of two axial systems, a superficial and a deep venous system. The superficial system lies above the muscle fascia in ...

LAS VEGAS, NV—A self-expanding nitinol stent is effective for the treatment of venous obstructions in the iliac and femoral veins, according to 12-month data from the nonrandomized, multicenter ...

Central venous catheterization of the subclavian vein was associated with the lowest risk for bloodstream infections and symptomatic thrombosis compared with insertions at the jugular or femoral veins ...