Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 464-467 , April 2010

Complication Rates and Outcomes of 536 Implanted Subcutaneous Chest Ports: Do Rates Differ Based on the Primary Operator's Level of Training?

  • Anne M. Silas, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: A.M.S.
    • ,
  • Kiley D. Perrich, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Eric K. Hoffer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756
    • ,
  • Nancy J. McNulty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756

Received 9 August 2009 ,Accepted 24 October 2009.

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PII: S1076-6332(09)00591-1

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.10.019

Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 464-467 , April 2010

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