Comparison of comfort and complications of Implantable Venous Access Port (IVAP) with ultrasound guided Internal Jugular Vein (IJV) and Axillary Vein/Subclavian Vein (AxV/SCV) puncture in breast cancer patients: a randomized controlled study

Table 3 Patient comfort of IJV group and AxV/SCV group

Patient Comfort (Grade)	0	1	2	3	4	5	P
D1
IJV group (n = 124)	19 (15.3%)	37 (29.8%)	54 (43.5%)	10 (8.1%)	4 (3.2%)	0	< 0.001*
AxV/SCV group (n = 124)	83 (66.9%)	30 (24.2%)	9 (7.3%)	2 (1.6%)	0	0
D2^a
IJV group (n = 121)	25 (20.7%)	30 (24.8%)	52 (43.0%)	13 (10.7%)	1 (0.8%)	0	< 0.001*
AxV/SCV group (n = 123)	40 (32.5%)	45 (36.6%)	33 (26.8%)	5 (4.1%)	0	0
D7^a
IJV group (n = 121)	43 (35.5%)	47 (38.8%)	28 (23.1%)	3 (2.5%)	0	0	0.023*
AxV/SCV group (n = 123)	63 (51.2%)	37 (30.1%)	19 (15.4%)	4 (3.3%)	0	0

1. Patient comfort between IJV group and AxV/SCV group on D1, D2, D7 were compared by Wilcoxon rank test. *Data significant at P < 0.05
2. ^a3 patients from IJV group and 1 patient from AxV/SCV group were lost to follow up on day 2 and day 7, so only total of 244 patients were included in analysis

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