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Radiologic placement of long-term subcutaneous venous access ports in children
J J Crowley1, J K Pereira, L S Harris
1Department of Pediatric Imaging, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit 48201-2196, USA.
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
|July 2, 1998
Abstract
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to review the results of radiologically placed subcutaneous venous access ports in a pediatric population requiring long-term venous access.
Conclusion:
Sixteen of 20 patients had no significant problems with their ports. In the pediatric population, radiologically placed subcutaneous venous access ports offer a high success rate, a low complication rate, and significant cost savings over surgically placed ports.