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Chapter 19 provides a well-researched review of current practices and devices for providing secure venous access for a variety of medical therapies. In addition, the chapter includes the results of a survey the authors performed of general and vascular surgeons in Ohio. This survey provides a unique perspective on the prevailing practice patterns of the general surgeons in the community who probably insert the majority of venous access devices in that geographic area. I found this survey and its results quite interesting because they reinforce my opinions on the general pattern of venous access device usage in the United States.
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Whitman, E.D. (2006). US Counterpoint to Chapter 21. In: Johnson, F.E., Virgo, K.S., Lairmore, T.C., Audisio, R.A. (eds) The Bionic Human. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-975-2_43
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