Specifically, the patient's obesity and thick subcutaneous fat layer in the lumbar region increased the length of the puncture needle's path to the target site, making it more prone to deviation from ...

Therefore, we evaluated differences in product characteristics and user preferences of safety-engineered protection mechanisms of port access needles. Methods: Port puncture was performed using port ...

We hypothesize that an instrumented needle-holder could help operators recognize pleural puncture and improve depth control, and we present a puncture-detection experiment that contributes toward this ...