Tiago Pina Cabral: Can Port Maintenance be Safely Extended to 24 Weeks After Treatment Completion?
Tiago Pina Cabral, Medical Oncology Resident at Western Lisbon Local Health Unit, shared a post on LinkedIn about a recent article he and his colleagues co-authored, adding:
“New publication – PORT-24 study
Proud to share our latest work․
We explored a simple but clinically relevant question:
- Can port maintenance be safely extended to 24 weeks after treatment completion?
What we found:
- Very low complication rate (2.33/100 port-years)
- No infections over 250 port-years
- Outcomes comparable to standard 4–12 week protocols
Take-home message:
- In selected cancer survivors, less frequent maintenance may be safe, with clear benefits for patients and healthcare systems.
But let’s be clear:
- If a port is no longer needed, it should be removed.
- Extended intervals are not a substitute for appropriate device removal, they are an option when retention is clinically justified.
Less is more… but only in the right patient.”
Title: Extended maintenance intervals for implanted venous ports in oncology: A retrospective assessment of 24-week intervals (PORT-24 study)
Authors: Tiago Pina-Cabral, Cláudia Ricou, Maria Teresa Recio, Carina Nascimento, Carla Cabral, Raquel Ferreira, Francisca Ferraz de Liz, Sandra Ponte
Read the Full Article on The Journal of Vascular Access
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