Implanted Infusion Port

• Implanted Infusion Port
  • Central venous catheter connected to an implanted, single or double subcutaneous injection port
  • Port is titanium or plastic with self-sealing silicone septum
  • Drugs are injected through skin into port
  • Advantages
    • Good for long-term therapy
    • Low risk of infection
    • Cosmetic discretion
  • Complications
    • Catheter occlusion
      • Clamped or kinked catheter
      • Tip against wall of vessel
      • Thrombosis
      • Precipitate buildup in lumen
    • Embolism
      • Catheter breaking
      • Dislodgement of thrombus
      • Entry of air into circulation
    • Infection
      • Contamination during insertion or use
      • Migration of organisms along catheter
      • Immunosuppressed patient
    • Pneumothorax
      • Perforation of visceral pleura
    • Catheter migration
      • Improper suturing
      • Trauma, forceful flushing
      • Spontaneous