Abstract | PURPOSE: MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed data from patients who had undergone CVC insertion by a single surgeon in a single center between April 2012 and June 2014. We used a protocol for the management of CVCs and when catheter thrombosis was confirmed, 5,000 U urokinase was infused into the catheter. RESULTS: A total of 137 CVCs were inserted in 126 patients. The most common catheter-related complication was thrombosis (12, 8.8%) followed by infection (8, 5.8%). Nine of the 12 patients (75%) with catheter thrombosis were recanalized successfully with urokinase. The rate of CVC recanalization was higher in the peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) group (87.5%) than the chemoport group (50%). Reintervention for catheter-related thrombosis was needed in only 2.2% of patients when thrombolytic therapy using urokinase was applied. Age <60 years (P=0.035), PICC group (P=0.037) and location of the catheter tip above the superior vena cava (P=0.044) were confirmed as independent risk factors for catheter thrombosis. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Jung Tack Son, Sun Young Min, Jae Il Kim, Pyong Wha Choi, Tae Gil Heo, Myung Soo Lee, Chul-Nam Kim, Hong-Yong Kim, Seong Yoon Yi, Hye Ran Lee, Young-Nam Roh |
Journal | Vascular specialist international
(Vasc Specialist Int)
Vol. 30
Issue 4
Pg. 144-50
(Dec 2014)
ISSN: 2288-7970 [Print] Korea (South) |
PMID | 26217634
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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