PURPOSE To determine the effect of reactive hyperemia on human forearm vein area. METHODS After obtaining ethics approval and informed consent, an automatic tourniquet was applied to the forearms of 20 healthy subjects for one, two, and three minutes, at pressures of 25 mmHg, 200 mmHg, then 25 mmHg. A blinded radiographer measured the cross-sectional area of the cephalic vein at the wrist usi...

BACKGROUND The cubital fossa is a common site for the removal of venous blood for analysis, transfusion, and intravenous therapy. The superficial venous return from the upper limb follows two or three major superficial veins, which are extremely variable; these include the cephalic, basilic, median cubital, and antebrachial veins and their tributaries. OBJECTIVE This anthroposcopic study was ...

Buerger disease is a rare non-atherosclerotic inflammatory vascular disease involving the small and medium-sized arteries and veins of young smokers, and is more common in males [1,2]. The risk of major amputation remains high, with an overall amputation rate of 33% with conservative treatment [3]. We present the rare case of a 37-year-old male with a confirmed diagnosis of Buerger disease, who...

OBJECTIVE To define the anatomy of the lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve (LABCN) and the cephalic vein (CV) in the anterior forearm region of living humans using ultrasonography for preventing LABCN injury during cephalic venipuncture. METHODS Thirty forearms of 15 healthy volunteers were evaluated using ultrasonography to identify the point where the LABCN begins to contact with the CV, a...

BACKGROUND Active fixation leads have provided stable atrial and ventricular pacing; however, long-term follow-up data have not been satisfactory. The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term reliability of active fixation leads and their electrical characteristic stability. METHODS A total of 1196 pacing leads were implanted in 830 patients consecutively between 2002 and 2013. ...

BACKGROUND Totally implantable venous access devices can be implanted both by percutaneous approaches and by surgical approaches with cephalic vein or external jugular vein cut-down techniques that are related to low intraoperative complication rates. The authors report a prospective evaluation of 83 consecutive external jugular vein cut-down approaches for totally implantable venous access dev...