EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, cilt.26, sa.3, ss.207-212, 2009 (SCI-Expanded)
Background and objective The purpose of this study was to compare thrombosis rates in antegrade (catheter directed toward the hand) versus retrograde (catheter directed toward the elbow) cannulation of the radial artery. Our secondary objectives were to compare these two techniques in terms of success rate, differences in noninvasive versus invasive blood pressure measurement and complications.