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Robert Matalon, MD; Bernard D. Nidus, MD; Dan Cantacuzino, MD; Robert P. Eisinger, MD

JAMA. 1970;214(10):1883-1884.

Abstract
A simple bedside method for percutaneous femoral vein catheterization allows repeated access to the circulation in patients requiring hemodialysis. Blood is returned into any peripheral vein through a 16-gauge needle. With this technique, one patient was maintained with chronic hemodialysis for eight months, until a more definitive access route could be constructed. Furthermore, the method has been used regularly for acute hemodialysis. Patients requiring chronic dialysis, and in whom conventional vascular access fails, now have an alternative to repeated peritoneal dialysis.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, and Veterans Administration Hospital, New York. Dr. Cantacuzino is now with the Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Veterans Administration Hospital, 408 First Ave, New York, 10010 (Dr. Matalon).

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