Percutaneous 508131 175126077 2007-12-01T20:52:55Z 129.81.73.9 In [[surgery]], '''percutaneous''' pertains to any medical procedure where access to inner organs or other tissue is done via needle-puncture of the skin, rather than by using an "open" approach where inner organs or tissue are exposed (typically with the use of a [[scalpel]]). The percutaneous approach is commonly used in vascular procedures. This involves a needle catheter getting access to a blood vessel, followed by the introduction of a wire through the [[lumen_(anatomy)|lumen]] of the needle. It is over this wire that other catheters can be placed into the blood vessel. This technique is known as the modified [[Seldinger technique]]. {{surgery-stub}} [[Category:Surgery]] [[de:Perkutane Aufnahme]]