Morbidity of implantable ports placement in oncologic patients

Aim: To evaluate intra and postoperative complications of the method used by us in insertion of implantable ports in oncologic patients. Material and Methods: We conducted a prospective study in which we analyzed 320 procedures performed between 2012-2016 at the Fifth Surgical Clinic of the Municipal Hospital Cluj-Napoca. Implantable ports were installed in all cases, by echo-guided puncturing the internal jugular vein. Results: Patients were aged between 18 and 76 years, with a median of 60 (50;68), 198 were women and 122 were men. Two hundred and eighteen of patients were stage IV of disease. Postoperative complications were externalization of the port in 8 cases (2.5%), abscesses at the site of implantation in 7 cases (2.19%), or internal jugular vein thrombosis in 5 cases (1.6%). Conclusions: The method used by us has very good results regarding postoperative morbidity in oncologic patients.