eTable. Prospective and retrospective studies on port implantation in the chest wall*1.
| Authors | No. ports | Discipline*2 | Technique*3 | Approach*4 | Catheter days | Complications | Infections | Venous thromboses | Pneumothorax | Catheter fracture | Explantation*5 |
| Ignatov et al.2009 (e19) | 561 | Surg. (7%) | Surg. | EJV (358) | 675 | 104 (19%) | 42 (7.5%) | 30 (5.3%) | 2 (0.36%) | NA | 46 (8.2%) |
| Rad. (3%) | Seld./lm | IJV (15) | |||||||||
| SclV (179) | |||||||||||
| CephV (9) | |||||||||||
| Hsieh et al. 2009 (e20) | 1348 | Surg. | Seld./lm | SclV (196) | 178 | 102 (7.5%) | 40 (2.96%) | 47 (3.48%) | NA | NA | 102 (7.6%) |
| Surg. | CephV (1100) | ||||||||||
| NA | Other (52) | ||||||||||
| Biffi et al.2009 (16) | 401 | Surg. | Seld./lm | IJV (132) | 356.5(0–1087) | 60 (15%) | 1 (0.8%) | 15 (12.8%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.9%) |
| Seld/US | SclV (136) | 3 (2.4%) | 8 (6.5%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.8%) | |||||
| Surg. | CephV (133) | 3 (2.5%) | 11 (9.2%) | 1 (0.7%) | 0 | 6 (5%) | |||||
| Rouzrokh et al. 2009 (e21) | 524 | Surg. | Surg. | IJV | 329.5(8–2028) | 120 (22.9%) | 29 (5.5%) | 7 (1.3%) | NA | 0 | 14 (2.7%) |
| Vandoni et al. 2009 (e22) | 228 | Surg. | Seld./lm | SclV | 441(6–3090) | 56 (24.6%) | 10 (4.3%) | NA | 10 (4.3%) | 13 (5.7%) | 24 (10.5%) |
| Samaras et al. 2008 (e24) | 201 | Surg. | Seld./lm | SclV (62) | 175(1–831) | 46 (22.9%) | 14 (7%) | 12 (6%) | 4 (2%) | 0 | 20 (10%) |
| Surg. | CephV (139) | ||||||||||
| Araujo et al.2008 (e23) | 1231 | Surg. | Seld./lm | SclV (617) | 363 (3–1132) | 118 (20.8%) | 19 (3.4%) | 11 (2%) | 6 (1%) | 2 (0.4%) | 43 (17.3%) |
| IJV (614) | 244 (3–853) | 48 (9.2%) | 11 (2%) | 3 (0.6%) | 2 (0.3%) | 0 | 16 (13.9%) | ||||
| Chen et al.2007 (e25) | 100 | Surg. | Surg. | CephV/SclV | 170(65–274) | 9 (9%) | 4 (8%) | 1 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 7 (14%) |
| An. | Seld./lm | IJV | 1 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2%) | ||||
| Marcy et al.2005 (e26) | 100 | Surg. | Surg. | CephV | 222(12–680) | 16 (16%) | 6 (6%) | 3 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 11 (11%) |
| Stein et al.2005 (24) | 2359 | Surg. | Surg. | CephV (2253) | NA | 147 (4.3%) | 57 (2.4%) | 49 (2%) | 5 (0.2%) | 0 | 15 (0.6%) |
| Seld./lm | SclV (106) | ||||||||||
| Caers et al.2005 (e27) | 448 | Surg. | Surg. | CephV | 366(3–1 206) | 91 (20.8%) | 19 (4.3%) | 37 (8.5%) | 3 (0.7%) | 1 (0.2%) | 42 (9.6%) |
| Vardy et al.2004 (e28) | 111 | Rad. | Seld./lm | SclV | 210(60–570) | 23 (20.7%) | 6 (5.4%) | 2 (2%) | 2 (2%) | NA | 8 (7.2%) |
| Biffi et al.2004 (e29) | 377 | Surg. | Seld./lm | SclV | 473(1–1419) | 19 (5%) | 5 (1.33%) | 4 (1.1%) | 7 (1.9%) | 0 | 11 (2.9%) |
| Wolosker et al. 2004 (e30) | 519 | Surg. | Surg. | EJV (383) | 353(5–1729) | 83 (16%) | 44 (8.5%) | 14 (2.7%) | 0 | 1 | 35 (6.7%) |
| Seld./lm | Other (40) | (0.2%) | |||||||||
| Seld./lm | IJV (73) | ||||||||||
| Other (23) | |||||||||||
| Moureau et al. 2002 (e31) | 8210 | Surg./Rad. | NA | NA | NA | 362 (4.4%) | 208 (2.5%) | 43 (0.5%) | NA | 16 (0.2%) | NA |
| Yip et al.2002 (e32) | 118 | Rad. | Seld/US | IJV | 342.8(21–813) | 10 (8.5%) | 5 (4.2%) | 2 (1.7%) | 0 | 0 | 8 (6.8%) |
| Biffi et al.2001 (e33) | 302 | Surg./Rad. | Seld./lm | SclV | 237 | 55 (18.2%) | 4 (1.3%) | 17 (5.6%) | 8 (2.6%) | 1 (0.3%) | 9 (3%) |
| Hartkamp et al. 2000 (e34) | 126 | Surg. | NA | NA | 192.5(2–1091) | 58 (46%) | 20 (16.3%) | 9 (7.3%) | 1 (0.8%) | 0 | 16 (13%) |
*1This table includes studies involving more than 100 port implantations in the period 2000 to 2010.
*2Medical discipline: Surg. = surgery; Rad. = radiology; An. = anesthesia;
*3Technique: Surg. = open surgical; Seld./lm = Seldinger/landmark; Seld/US = Seldinger/ultrasound;
*4Approach: EJV = external jugular vein; IJV = internal jugular vein; SclV = subclavian vein; CephV = cephalic vein; NA = data not available;
*5Explantation due to complications