TY - JOUR
T1 - Refinement of vascular access port placement in nonhuman primates
T2 - Complication rates and outcomes
AU - Graham, Melanie L.
AU - Mutch, Lucas A.
AU - Rieke, Eric F.
AU - Dunning, Michele
AU - Zolondek, Elizabeth K.
AU - Faig, Aaron W.
AU - Hering, Bernhard J.
AU - Schuurman, Henk Jan
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Chronic vascular access is often needed in experimental animal studies, and vascular access ports (VAP) have been proposed as an alternative to conventional venipuncture. We previously reported on VAP implantation by using femoral venous cutdown (FVC) and tunneling. In an attempt to decrease the moderate complications associated with the FVC method, we developed the single-incision, peripheral-insertion (SIPI) method. In a retrospective evaluation, 92 FVC procedures were compared with 113 SIPI procedures in cynomolgus and rhesus macaques and baboons with as much as 2.5 y of follow-up. The rate of complications was significantly lower for the SIPI method than for the FVC method (19.4% versus 33.7%), particularly in regard to infectious complications (8.0% versus 27.3%, respectively). In addition, VAP patency for blood sampling and fluid infusion was significantly better for the SIPI method than for the FVC method, with 1-y patency rate of 83% and 46%, respectively, and 2-y patency rate of 74% and 36%, respectively. Additional advantages of the SIPI method include the simplified implantation of the VAP and access in the homecage without any sedation or restraint after appropriate training of animals to cooperate. We conclude that the SIPI method presents an opportunity for refinement and is superior to the FVC method for chronic vascular access.
AB - Chronic vascular access is often needed in experimental animal studies, and vascular access ports (VAP) have been proposed as an alternative to conventional venipuncture. We previously reported on VAP implantation by using femoral venous cutdown (FVC) and tunneling. In an attempt to decrease the moderate complications associated with the FVC method, we developed the single-incision, peripheral-insertion (SIPI) method. In a retrospective evaluation, 92 FVC procedures were compared with 113 SIPI procedures in cynomolgus and rhesus macaques and baboons with as much as 2.5 y of follow-up. The rate of complications was significantly lower for the SIPI method than for the FVC method (19.4% versus 33.7%), particularly in regard to infectious complications (8.0% versus 27.3%, respectively). In addition, VAP patency for blood sampling and fluid infusion was significantly better for the SIPI method than for the FVC method, with 1-y patency rate of 83% and 46%, respectively, and 2-y patency rate of 74% and 36%, respectively. Additional advantages of the SIPI method include the simplified implantation of the VAP and access in the homecage without any sedation or restraint after appropriate training of animals to cooperate. We conclude that the SIPI method presents an opportunity for refinement and is superior to the FVC method for chronic vascular access.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 21262135
AN - SCOPUS:79751506198
SN - 1532-0820
VL - 60
SP - 479
EP - 485
JO - Comparative medicine
JF - Comparative medicine
IS - 6
ER -