peripherally inserted venous ports fracture with embolization in patients who received chemotherapy is a serious and rare complication,and few cases have been reported in children. we report a successful endovascular technique using a snare for retrieving broken peripherally inserted venous ports in a child for chemotherapy. catheter fragments may cause complications such as cardiac perforation...

background: the purpose of our study was to assess resident and fellow patient care competency related to chest port catheter insertion after implementation of an educational program and completion of a certification checklist. furthermore, we aimed to measure the impact of this intervention on early infection rates. methods: baseline early infection rates as defined by the cdc were obtained in...

BACKGROUND Effective and reliable venous access is one of the cornerstones of modern medical therapy in oncology. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a prospective observational study, which collected data of patients who require "PORT" catheter insertion for any cancer, at a tertiary care oncology hospital in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India, during a 2-year period. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The main objecti...

background: long-term tunneled catheters are used for the hemodialysis or chemotherapy in many patients. proper placement of the catheter tip could reduce early and late catheter related complications. aim of the present study was to evaluate a new formula for proper placement of tunneled hemodialysis or infusion port device by using an external anatomic landmark. materials and methods: a total...

Dye infusion experiments into brain surrogates were conducted to quantify the volume of distribution as a function of infusion parameters and catheter configurations. A hollow membrane multi-port catheter was tested for dye distribution and reflux of the infusate. Its performance was compared to a simple single port catheter. The dye distribution pattern was more even in the hollow membrane cat...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Various techniques for laparoscopic insertion of a peritoneal dialysis catheter have been described. Usually 2 - 3 ports are required, and complications related to the port sites (such as abdominal wall hernia, leakage, and hemorrhage) cannot be avoided. To minimize the potential complications, we designed a simplified 1-port laparoscopic technique for peritoneal dialys...

This 55-year-old female had a chest X-ray during a follow-up visit for the management of her breast cancer. The chest X-ray demonstrated an embolized venous catheter superimposed upon the mediastinum. It was determined that the catheter of the patient's arm port had fractured and embolized to the pulmonary circulation. The catheter was retrieved, in the interventional radiology suite, under flu...

Abstract Background Peripheral blood vessels, due to availability are used for many years in cancer patients, however in patients with potentially harmful drugs to skin (vesicant drugs) or difficult accessibility to vessels, the use of implantable port (totally implantable venous access port-TIVAP)devices with central vascular access are important.  ...

condition Kaposi's sarcoma Other Infection Aerobic bacteria35 32 3 26 11(57) (52) (5) (43 18Myco t rium tuberculosis915Opportunistic agent610 with tissue infiltration of fluid from the proximal port was more probable than catheter-tip erosion through central venous structures in our patient series. All catheters were sutured to the skin to prevent migration, and seven ofthe eight patients had r...