High pressure versus standard port system: Comparison of implantation and complications

Abstract

Implantation and use of a high pressure port device is safe and reliable: the complications are comparable to those of a standard port device. High pressure port systems should be considered for implantation, especially in patients who will require frequent CTs.

Letter to the editor regarding “Power contrast injections through a totally implantable venous power port: a retrospective multicenter study” by Son et al.

“…With the low rate of complications highlighted overall, and to eliminate any scope of human error with mistaking a non-power-injectable version for a TIVPP we use TIVPP as a routine, perhaps this is also worth considering. The authors make an important point in that most operators who implant these take the ‘CT-compatible’ label as a given, though previous studies do highlight their safety, 4 and thus this article brings very useful information to those involved in either implantation or usage of the same as a conduit for contrast injection.…”