Central venous brachial catheter (P.A.S. port TM) and catheter scanning system (cath-finder TM)

✍ Scribed by M. Carmen Carré; José Manuel López Vega; Joan Carles; José Lizón; Anselmo Villar; Santiago Alonso Lera; Antonio Alastrue; Miguel Rull; C. van der Hossladt; Javier Aguiló; Eduardo Díaz-Rubio; Rafael Rosell

• Book ID: 102441464
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 394 KB
• Volume: 55
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-4790
• DOI: 10.1002/jso.2930550312

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

To assess the effectiveness and safety of an implanted portal with a central venous brachial implanted catheter, P.A.S. Port TM(P–P), and the accuracy of its Cath Finder TM tracking system (C–F), (Pharmacia Deltec) vs. radiology, a phase II multicentric study was designed.

The catheter was implanted in 53 oncologic patients treated with chemotherapy and the performance of the catheter was evaluated for 3 months. No problems arose during the implantation in 77% of the cases and in all cases radiologic location of the catheter tip coincided with the C–F. We can conclude that P–P is easy to implant and to maintain in the arm and that it is well tolerated by the patients. C–F is an accurate and reliable system for locating the catheter tip. The use of both systems is an attractive alternative to the standard ones. © Wiley‐Liss, Inc.