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 4 Procedure Duration and Complications of IJV group and AxV/SCV group

	Overall population n = 248	IJV group n = 124	AxV/SCV group n = 124	P
Procedure duration (min)	28.03 ± 3.06	28.92 ± 2.54	27.14 ± 3.29	< 0.001*
Early complications (total)	13 (5.24%)	2 (1.61%)	11 (8.87%)	0.019*
Inadvertent artery puncture	4 (1.61%)	1 (0.81%)	3 (2.42%)	0.622
Pneumothorax	0	0	0	–
Subcutaneous hematoma	3 (1.21%)	1 (0.81%)	2 (1.61%)	1.000
Catheter misplacement	6 (2.42%)	0	6 (4.84%)	0.029*

1. Procedure duration and complications were compared between IJV group and AxV/SCV group. Differences in means were test by t-test, while differences in proportions were tested by Chi-Square test. *Data significant at P < 0.05

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