Totally implantable venous access ports: a prospective long-term study of early and late complications in adult patients with cancer.
Eric VoogLoïc CampionPauline du RusquecHugues BourgeoisJulien DomontFabrice DenisEric EmmanuelOlivier DupuisGérard GanemCedrik LafontKatell Le DuElena PavlucYohan PointreauSophie RocheLaurence Juhel-VoogMarie ZingerPhilippe Solal-CelignyPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2017)
This study demonstrates excellent tolerability, with only occasional complications. Most of these occurred during the year following implantation. A TIVAP may also be left in place for an extremely long time.