Table 1 Clinical data for eight patients with catheter dislodgment
From: Dislodgement of port-A catheters in pediatric oncology patients: 11 years of experience
Case | Age (years old) | Sex | Body weight (kg) | Underlying disease | Duration used/off chemotherapy (months) | Laterality | Vein (internal jugular = 1, external jugular = 2 subclavian = 3) | Brand (Bard = 1, Arrow = 2, Brovic = 3, Vortex = 4) | Symptoms/signs | Location (upstream – downstream) | Site of dislodgement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | F | 19 | Lymphoma | 5/1 | R | 2 | 1 | Cough | RPA – LPA | Middle |
2 | 12 | F | 34 | ALL | 37/8 | R | 3 | 2 | Dysfunction | SVC – IVC | Anastomosis |
3 | 6 | M | 25 | ALL | 47/16 | R | 1 | 1 | Incidentally at operation | SVC – RA | Anastomosis |
4 | 13 | M | 56 | AML | 45/34 | L | 3 | 2 | Cough, fever, incidentally | RV – LPA | Anastomosis |
5 | 13 | M | 78 | AML | 38/9 | R | 1 | 1 | Dysfunction | LPA – LPA | Anastomosis |
6 | 9 | F | 17 | US | 31/18 | R | 1 | 3 | Dysfunction | Right brachiocephalic vein – IVC | Anastomosis |
7 | 9 | F | 28 | RMS | 26/10 | L | 3 | 2 | Dysfunction | Left brachiocephalic vein – RA | Anastomosis |
8 | 5 | F | 18 | IT | 17/4 | R | 1 | 4 | Dysfunction | Hepatic vein – RA | Middle |