New Treatment for Infection of the NIPRO LVAD Cannula Site: Nihon University Crystal Violet Method.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.009.
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Abstract
Driveline and cannula site infections are still a frequent adverse event in patients with a ventricular assist device (VAD), and it is important to treat and prevent them because the spread of local infection may cause sepsis in some cases. We report our experience with a patient in whom infection of the NIPRO LVAD cannula site after implantation of an extracorporeal VAD was controlled by treatment with crystal violet Solbase (Nihon University crystal violet method).
Medical subject headings
- Catheters
- Gentian Violet
- Heart Failure
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Prosthesis-Related Infections