Retained port connectors after central venous port removal
| Autor: | Kieran Horgan, Andrew R. Bodenham, Mark Lansdown |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Catheterization Central Venous business.industry Scar tissue 030232 urology & nephrology Port site 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease Surgery 03 medical and health sciences Catheter 0302 clinical medicine Port (medical) Catheters Indwelling Nephrology Subcutaneous nodule Surgical removal medicine Humans Foreign body business Device Removal |
| Zdroj: | The journal of vascular access. 23(2) |
| ISSN: | 1724-6032 |
| Popis: | We report three cases where the connector/sleeve, which helps fix the flexible catheter section to a port injection chamber, was inadvertently left in scar tissue during port removal. Concerned patients presented months later with a palpable subcutaneous nodule, near the port site. The nodules were variably imaged with plain X-rays, mammography or ultrasound with the diagnosis correctly made by a surgeon familiar with devices. Two connectors were removed, and one was left in place following discussions with the patient. Prevention, recognition and management of this problem are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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