Use of double-lumen peripherally inserted central catheters for safer perioperative management of esophageal cancer patients

What is it about?

The secondary lumen of the double lumen (DL-) peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) performed as well as the secondary lumen of the DL-centrally inserted central catheters (CICCs) with acceptable safety during the relatively short perioperative period of these thoracic esophageal cancer patients. (UMIN Clinical Trial Registry UMIN000008131).

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Why is it important?

As a step to large-scale clinical trials, we conducted a small-scale exploratory study to clarify whether the secondary lumen of the double lumen DL-PICCs could perform as well as the secondary lumen of the DL-CICCs, with an acceptable complication rate in the perioperative surgery period.