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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1993; 16(4):341-344

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1993.16.4.341

Original Article

Use and Complication of A. Port Implantation in Cancer Patients

Soon Nam Lee, Kwang Ho Kim*

Copyright ⓒ 1993. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

Reliable venous access is increasing serious problem in cancer chemotherapy Patients.

Thiry six implantable second generation catheter system(A. Port) were placed subcutaneously in 35 patients with cancer.

A. Port were in place for an average of 158 days(range 10-731+ days). Complications included infections in 3 cases, thrombosis in 1 case, skin laceration in 1 case and pneurnothorax in 1 case. Five ports were removed due to complication. One pneumothorax was managed conservatively;

It is concluded that A. Port implantation constitute a safe and convenient access with a low rate of complication for long term intravenous chemotherapy in cancer patients.