Table 3.

Summary of patients with unsuccessful removal of central venous access parts

Patient No.	Gender	Age*1 (years)	BMI (kg/m2)	Diagnosis	Indwelling side	Venous placement site	Type of CV port	Indication for removal	Indwelling period (months)	Removal procedure*3				Follow-up period*4 (months)	Symptomatic late complication*5
										(1)–(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
1	M	66	25.4	Lymphoma	L	Basilic	DewX	CR	41	+	+			8	None
2	F	88	21.3	Lymphoma	L	Basilic	DewX	Infection*2	49	+	+	+		28	None
3	F	48	18.4	Leukemia	L	Basilic	Vital-Port	Other	58	+	+			60	None
4	F	49	19.2	Laryngeal Ca	L	Basilic	DewX	CR	62	+	+			7	None
5	F	42	19.9	Lymphoma	L	Brachial	X-Port	CR	70	+	+			36	None
6	F	68	25.1	Lymphoma	L	Basilic	Vital-Port	CR	70	+	+	+		36	None
7	M	77	24.1	Pharyngeal Ca	L	Basilic	Vital-Port	CR	70	+	+			33	None
8	M	45	21.5	Lymphoma	L	Basilic	Vital-Port	CR	78	+	+			23	None
9	F	71	18.3	Lymphoma	L	Basilic	X-Port	CR	80	+	+			9	None
10	M	39	23.9	Lymphoma	L	Cephalic	Vital-Port	CR	83	+	+			21	None
11	F	70	20.9	Lymphoma	L	Basilic	Vital-Port	CR	83	+	+			28	None
12	M	69	23.2	Extra-auditory Ca	L	Brachial	Vital-Port	CR	84	+	+			41	None
13	F	44	22.9	Ovarian Ca	L	Basilic	Vital-Port	CR	87	+	+			58	None
14	F	56	31.2	Myeloma	L	Basilic	Vital-Port	Occlusion	91	+				41	None
15	M	69	21.0	Lymphoma	L	Basilic	Vital-Port	CR	98	+	+			2	None
16	F	53	19.7	Lymphoma	L	Basilic	Vital-Port	Occlusion	99	+	+	+	+	54	None
17	M	67	24.6	Lymphoma	L	Basilic	Celsite port	Infection*2	109	+	+	+	+	10♰	None
18	F	78	20.0	Lymphoma	L	Basilic	Vital-Port	Breakage	138	+				3	None

M male, F female, BMI body mass index, Ca carcinoma, L left, CV port central venous access port, CR complete response Vital-Port Mini Titanium Vital-Port, X-Port BARD X-Port, Celsiteport P-U Celsiteport

^*1Age at removal of CV port

^*2Possibility of infection from CV port

^*3Refer to Materials and methods in the text for details of the removal procedure in (1)–(7)

^*4The period after attempt to remove the CV port

^*5The complication related to the catheter left in place

^♰Died due to aggravated underlying disease