TY - JOUR
AU1 - Kibriya, Nabil
AU2 - Hall, Rebecca
AU3 - Powell, Steven
AU4 - How, Thien
AU5 - McWilliams, Richard
AB - Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol (2013) 36:1073–1078 DOI 10.1007/s00270-013-0557-7 LABORATORY INVESTIGATION • • • Nabil Kibriya Rebecca Hall Steven Powell Thien How Richard G. McWilliams Received: 1 November 2012 / Accepted: 18 December 2012 / Published online: 26 January 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) 2013 Abstract different manufacturers. It is recommended that standard Purpose The purpose of the study is to quantify the labelling should be employed by all manufacturers convey- variation in the metric equivalent of French size in a range ing specific details of the equipment. Given the wide varia- of medical devices, from various manufacturers, used in tion in the interpretation of the French scale, our opinion is interventional radiology. that this scale either needs to be abandoned or be strictly Methods The labelling of a range of catheters, introducers, defined and followed. drains, balloons, stents, and endografts was examined. Products were chosen to achieve a broad range of French Keywords Clinical practice  Arterial intervention sizes from several manufacturers. To assess manufacturing Venous intervention  Non-vascular intervention accuracy, eight devices were selected for measurement using Interventional oncology  Neurointerventions  EVAR a laser micrometer. The external 
TI - French Sizing of Medical Devices is not Fit for Purpose
JF - CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
DO - 10.1007/s00270-013-0557-7
DA - 2013-01-26
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/french-sizing-of-medical-devices-is-not-fit-for-purpose-P0dSWrk8AM
SP - 1073
EP - 1078
VL - 36
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -