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[Long-term central venous catheters (ports) in adults cancer patients--one center experience]
Ewa Nowakowska-Zajdel1, Bogusław Bucki, Zofia Rusinowska
1Oddziału Onkologii Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego nr 4 w Bytomiu.
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The purpose of the study was to present the complications concerning the long-term central catheters (ports) used for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Material And Methods:
From 2000 to 2007, twenty nine patients (25 women and 4 men), mean age 47 years received ports.
Results:
In the study group of patients the average time of support with the ports was 439 days. Nine patients (31%) had complications: 5 of them had the infections (local infections), 3 patients had catheter occlusions and 1 of them had local skin necrosis. The central venous catheters were removed in the cases. Ten ports were still used.
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