Totally implantable catheter migration and its percutaneous retrieval: case report and review of the literature.

E Intagliata, F Basile, R Vecchio

Journal: Il Giornale di chirurgia 2017;37(5):211-215

PMID: 28098057

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Abstract

Totally subcutaneous intravascular portals have been increasingly used to administer long-term chemotherapy and parental nutrition. The reported complications are rare. Accidental endovascular rupture of a fragment of catheter is one of the most formidable complications of the central vein catheterization. The Authors report a case of deployment of a Port-a-Cath catheter and its percutaneous retrieval. The catheter accidentally detached and migrated from the reservoir of the port-a-cath placed in the left subclavian vein to the right heart cavities through the blood stream. A review of the Literature is also given, focusing on the possible factors responsible for this unusual complication.

DOI: 10.11138/gchir/2016.37.5.211

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MeSH Terms: Adenocarcinoma, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Catheterization, Central Venous, Catheters, Indwelling, Device Removal, Equipment Failure, Female, Foreign-Body Migration, Humans, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Stomach Neoplasms, Treatment Outcome, Vascular Access Devices