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Retained port connectors after central venous port removal

"We report three cases where the connector/sleeve, which helps fix the flexible catheter section to a port injection chamber, was inadvertently left in scar tissue during port removal" Bodenham et al (2021).

"We report three cases where the connector/sleeve, which helps fix the flexible catheter section to a port injection chamber, was inadvertently left in scar tissue during port removal" Bodenham et al (2021).

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Abstract:

We report three cases where the connector/sleeve, which helps fix the flexible catheter section to a port injection chamber, was inadvertently left in scar tissue during port removal. Concerned patients presented months later with a palpable subcutaneous nodule, near the port site. The nodules were variably imaged with plain X-rays, mammography or ultrasound with the diagnosis correctly made by a surgeon familiar with devices. Two connectors were removed, and one was left in place following discussions with the patient. Prevention, recognition and management of this problem are discussed.

Reference:

Bodenham A, Lansdown M, Horgan K. Retained port connectors after central venous port removal. J Vasc Access. 2021 Jan 13:1129729820987389. doi: 10.1177/1129729820987389. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33438487.

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