Valutazione del comfort del paziente e della funzionalità di un sistema totalmente impiantabile venoso posizionato in vena safena

Toro, Adriana and Sofia, Maria Helena and Sparatore, Francesca and Lombardo, Rosario and Cordio, Stefano and Di Carlo, Isidoro (2005) Valutazione del comfort del paziente e della funzionalità di un sistema totalmente impiantabile venoso posizionato in vena safena. Il giornale di chirurgia, 26 (6/7). pp. 282-285. ISSN 1971-145x

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Abstract

Background: When venous system of superior vena cava is not useful or when chest wall is not utilizable to place a reservoir, saphenous vein can be utilized for totally implantable venous access device (TIVAD) placement. Aim of this work is to establish the best location of the reservoir for the function and the comfort of the patient. Patients and methods: All the patients submitted to TIVAD placement from January 1995 to October 2004 at the Department of Surgical Science, Organs Transplantantions and Advanced Technologies of University of Catania have been considered to the present study. Age, sex, kind of disease, surgical procedure, early and late complications, function of the system and comfort to the patients in relation to the different site of reservoir placement have been studied. Results: 447 TIVAD have been implanted in 258 males and 189 females aged from 31 to 79 years in the period considered for the study. Solid tumors represent the majority of the indications and all the TIVAD have been implanted by surgical cutdown to avoid all the early complications related to the percutaneous approach. Two patients received their TIVAD using saphenous vein by surgical cutdown, and no early complications have been recorded. The reservoirs have been placed respectively: in the chest wall in the first patient; and in the anterior wall of the abdomen, close to the anterosuperior iliac crest, firstly and later in the anterolateral face of the thigh in the second one. The first patient had non complications instead the second one referred discomfort with both reservoir locations. Conclusions: For the comfort of the patient related to the reservoir position in case of saphenous vein utilization chest wall should represent the best studies are required to validate the appropriate reservoir location.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 617 Rami vari della medicina; Chirurgia
Depositing User:	Chiara D'Arpa
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2013 12:04
Last Modified:	18 Nov 2013 12:04
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/7407

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