Peripheral placement of apheresis catheters in children: feasibility, safety, and efficacy in the collection of blood stem cells--initial experience.
prospective_cohort · Level II
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Abstract
An 8-F 24-cm-long apheresis catheter was placed in the basilic vein with imaging-guided percutaneous technique in 15 children undergoing leukapheresis for collection of autologous peripheral blood stem cells. There were no immediate or long-term complications. This is a low-morbidity procedure requiring minimal sedation that results in successful collection of peripheral blood stem cells and allows flow rates comparable to those with surgically placed central catheters.
Medical subject headings
- Catheterization
- Catheterization, Peripheral
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
- Leukapheresis