title: Prolonged venous access in cancer patients.
abstract: One 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guenier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pector
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*