Successful percutaneous transvenous retrieval of intravascular fractured port catheter: a single center experience

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients with fractured catheter

No.	Gender/age	Sign	Interval^a	Fractured catheter Location	Access vein	Diameter of vascular shealth (F)	Procedure time (min)	Method
1	F/45	no	13	RV-PA	IJV	8	36	2
2	F/40	no	22	RA-RV	RFV	14	28	1
3	F/47	pain	52	RA-RV	RFV	12	29	2
4	F/42	no	45	BV-SVC-RA-RV	RFV	12	20	1
5	F/44	no	19	RA-RV	RFV	12	27	1
6	F/61	no	149	RV-PA	RFV	12	10	1
7	F/29	Pain	35	SVC-IVC-HV	IJV	8	30	2
8	M/47	no	1	RV-PA	RFV	8	16	1
9	M/52	no	28	RV-PA	RFV	12	30	2
10	F/84	no	1	SVC-IVC	RFV	8	15	1

^a between implantation and discovery of catheter fracture(days). BV brachiocephalic vein, PA pulmonary artery, SVC superior vena cava, RA right atrium, RV right ventricle, HV hepatic vein, IJV internal jungle vein, RFV right femoral vein

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