ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2017
A comparison of longitudinal and transverse approaches to ultrasound-guided axillary vein cannulation by experienced operators.
Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05896735 (Ultrasound-guided Axillary Vein Catheterization in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Ultrasound-guided Axillary Vein Catheterization in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit: A Single-Center Retrospective Study
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Peripheral Vascular Access in Infants: Is Ultrasound-Guided Cannulation More Effective than the Conventional Approach? A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- [Short-axisNan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2020Pooled it
- A comparative study of safety and efficacy of ultrasound-guided infra-clavicular axillary vein cannulation versus ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein cannulation in adult cardiac surgical patients.Annals of cardiac anaesthesiaTrial
- Introduction of ultrasound-guided axillary vein approach for central venous catheterization in severely injured trauma patients: characteristics and concerns.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- How to improve the efficiency and the safety of real-time ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization in 2023: a narrative review.Annals of intensive care · 2023Review
- A novel system for teaching the in-plane vascular access technique: A simulation study.Medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe axillary vein is an easily accessible vessel that can be used for ultrasound-guided central vascular access and offers an alternative to the internal jugular and subclavian veins. The objective of this study was to identify which transducer orientation, longitudinal or transverse, is better for imaging the axillary vein with ultrasound.
methodsWe analyzed 236 patients who had undergone central venous cannulation of axillary vein in this retrospective study. Patients were divided into two groups, the longitudinal approach group (n=120) and transverse approach group (n=116). Recorded the one-attempt success rate, operation time, arterial puncture rate and pneumothorax rate. We perform chest radiography to confirm pneumothorax on all patients. We compared the one-attempt success rate, operation time, arterial puncture rate and pneumothorax rate between the two groups.
resultsThe two groups were comparable with clinical characters of patients. The overall success rates of the longitudinal group and the transverse group were both 100%. The rate of one-attempt success in the longitudinal approach group is higher than the transverse approach group (91.7%
conclusionsThe longitudinal approach during ultrasound-guided axillary vein cannulation is associated with greater one-attempt success rate compared with the transverse approach by experienced operators. The transverse approach has shorter operation time. The two groups have lower postoperative complications and are comparable with pneumothorax and arterial puncture.
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