1,2 Despite the clinical relevance, there is a lack of data from randomized clinical trials (RCT) to guide the optimal duration of anticoagulation therapy in cancer patients with concomitant distal ...

What are developmental venous anomalies? A developmental venous anomaly (DVA) is a problem with the way small veins are arranged. They may look like the spokes of a wheel. The veins drain into a ...

When you have mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT), you have a blood clot in a vein around where your intestines attach to your belly. The clot most often forms in a vein called the "superior ...

A fracture of the distal radius is one of the most common types of injuries to the skeletal system. It is treated using a variety of different techniques, from casting to pinning to open surgery with ...

Kidney cancers are unique for a few reasons. One reason is that renal cell carcinoma can grow directly into the veins that drain the kidney and run up toward the heart. This growth of cancer into the ...

We recommend using the cephalic vein in the upper arm for the proximal site. The distal venipuncture site is usually located in the forearm just below the antecubital fossa to permit arm mobility ...

The accesses that were performed included 20 autogenous radial-cephalic direct wrist accesses, 8 autogenous brachial-cephalic upper arm direct accesses, 8 autogenous brachial-basilic upper arm ...

midcephalic vein at the level of the elbow, (2) the distal cephalic vein at the level of the wrist, and (3) the basilic vein above the elbow.