Venous Cutdown

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venous cutdown,

a small surgical incision made in a vein of a patient who has suffered vascular collapse to permit the introduction of IV fluids or drugs. A cutdown also may be performed for the insertion of a cannula for the withdrawal of blood.

Cutdown

A small surgically created incision over a major blood vessel, usually a vein, to facilitate rapid and direct venous access

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