• Eur J Surg Oncol · Dec 1989

    Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial

    Prolonged venous access in cancer patients.

    • C Guenier, J Ferreira, and J C Pector.
    • Department of Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet.
    • Eur J Surg Oncol. 1989 Dec 1;15(6):553-5.

    AbstractOne hundred and forty-eight Hickman-Broviac (HB) catheters and 299 Port-a-Cath R (PAC) were inserted over the past 5 years at the Institut Jules Bordet. The HB catheter was associated with a complication rate of 4.1/1000 days of access, of which infections were the most common, leading to catheter removal in 22% of patients. The average PAC remained in situ for 232.9 (range 1-1298) days; the complication rate was only 0.45/1000 days of access. The Hickman-Broviac catheter and the totally implanted port Port-a-Cath achieve safe and reliable venous access in cancer patients.

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