The indications for central venous access, types of central catheters, catheter selection, site selection, and general issues of preparation and placement will be discussed with the patients.
The most common one is a temporary subclavian catheter because lifetime is 3 to 5 weeks, it’s not painful and easy to clean for infection prevention.
Some other catheters like power ports or PICC line can be an option depending on the patient needs.
Subclavian catheter can be placed easily under local anesthesia in just a few minutes.
Dr. Cedeno as an Oncologist Surgeon has an experience installing central lines since 1983 with more than 20,000 cases.
Patients that need a central line need to be with no coagulation problems or taking blood thinners.
Common risks related with central line are bleeding, lung puncture or infection.
Those risks happen in less than 1 % and don’t put the patient’s life in jeopardy.
