Totally implantable venous access port insertion via open Seldinger approach of the internal jugular vein—a retrospective risk stratification of 500 consecutive patients

Implanting totally implantable venous access port via the internal jugular vein guided by ultrasonography is feasible and safe in patients with breast cancer

BACKGROUND Because of long-term use for chemotherapy and fluid administration in cancer patients, a totally implantable venous access port (TIVAP) has been advised as a feasible catheter. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of ultrasound (US)-guided internal jugular vein (IJV) puncture for TIVAP implantation in patients with breast cancer. METHODS We reviewe...

Insertion of Totally Implantable Central Venous Access Devices by Surgeons

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to evaluate the results for the insertion of totally implantable central venous access devices (TICVADs) by surgeons. METHODS Total 397 patients, in whom TICVADs had been inserted for intravenous chemotherapy between September 2008 and June 2014, were pooled. This procedure was performed under local anesthesia in an operation room. The insertion site for the T...

Retrospective evaluation of totally implantable venous access port devices: early and late complications.

PURPOSE The role totally implantable vascular devices (TIVAD) have an important role in providing care to cancer patients who require continuous or frequent venous access route either for their primary or supportive care treatments. This retrospective study aimed to analyze the efficacy of TIVAD and device-related complications. METHODS A total of 324 consecutive patients (185 male,139 female...

Totally implantable venous catheters for chemotherapy: experience in 500 patients.

CONTEXT Totally implantable devices are increasingly being utilized for chemotherapy treatment of oncological patients, although few studies have been done in our environment to analyze the results obtained from the implantation and utilization of such catheters. OBJECTIVE To study the results obtained from the implantation of totally implantable catheters in patients submitted to chemotherap...

Applying Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices (TIVAD) in Children: the First Iranian Experience