Heparin versus Saline Solution for Locking of Totally Implantable Venous Access Port (TIVAP): Cohort Study of the First Kurdistan Series of TIVAP
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51365#.VGVczGfHRK0 Author(s) Aram Baram 1* , Goran Majeed 1 , Hazha Abdullah 2,3 , Allaa Subhi 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq . 2 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq . 3 Hewa Center for Medical Oncology, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq . ABSTRACT Introduction: Totally implantable venous access port (TIVAP) is essential prerequisite for most of chemotherapy protocols. Flushing with 0.9% sodium chloride becomes an alternative to he...