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Table 6 Predictors of late complications

From: Totally implantable venous access devices: retrospective analysis of different insertion techniques and predictors of complications in 796 devices implanted in a single institution

Variable

Predictors

Odds ratio

95% CI

p-value

Removal for sepsis

Surgical isolation

2,706

0,9955 - 7,3546

0,051

p = 0,0838

Current CT

0,799

0,3102 - 2,0599

0,643

 

BMI

1,002

0,9940 - 1,0109

0,570

 

Head and neck cancer

3,045

0,6287 - 14,7470

0,167

 

WBC count

0,817

0,6682 - 0,9976

0,047

Removal for DVT

Anticoagulant or antiaggregant therapy

16,410

0,5533 - 486,6924

0,106

p = 0,0273

Surgical isolation

45,218

1,5944 - 1282,4410

0,026

Removal for dislocation

US guided puncture

0,320

0,0699 - 1,4626

0,142

p = 0,2947

Difficult puncture

1,318

0,5202 - 3,3380

0,561