External Jugular Cutdown Technique for Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices: a Single-Centre Study. 2020

Nikhil Mehta, and Sanjay M Desai, and Vinod Dhakad, and Dhruv Patel, and Elroy Saldanha
Department of surgical Onology, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhanwarsala, Indore, 453555 India.

Chemotherapy drugs are the integral part of cancer treatment. Their administration is optimized by central venous access devices. We present our prospective study of chemoport implantation by external jugular vein cutdown technique. We studied 100 patients who underwent chemoport insertion over a span of 3 years for various solid and haematological malignancies via external jugular vein cutdown method. Outcomes such as type of disease, anaesthesia, choice of venous access, catheter tip position, length of the procedure, time to start chemotherapy and morbidity data were analysed. The Hundred /100 intravenous devices were implanted in 66% females and 33% males. Most common indication was breast cancer (64% of patients). A total of 80% of patients underwent procedure under local anaesthesia. Chemoports were inserted on the right side in 84 and left side in the remaining 16. The average surgical time was 32 min. The overall success rate was 97% with no intraoperative complications. Three postoperative complications were encountered due to displacement of catheter or wound infection. External jugular vein cutdown approach is a safe, reliable method for venous access device implantation. This approach has a high success rate and has minimal complications and can be easily learnt.

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