A cross-section study evaluating patients’ satisfaction with totally implanted access ports (PAC) assessing the PAC-related complication rate at two tertiary care centres in Austria.

e17574 Background: Totally implanted access ports (PACs) have become valuable tool for the administration of chemotherapy in cancer patients. Methods: During the period from November 2012 to August 2013, patients were invited to answer a questionnaire concerning quality-of-life and satisfaction with their respective PAC devices. Retrospectively data regarding PAC-related complications were collected, by searching patients’ medical history. Results: 202 patients with a total number of 230 PAC devices were included at two tertiary medical care centres in Austria. Median time from PAC implantation to inclusion was 9 months (range 1-148 months). Early complications occurred in 31 cases (13,5%), with bleeding and haematoma being the most frequently observed events; five patients developed postsurgical pneumothorax (2.2%). Late complications consisted of infections (twelve cases; 5.2%), drug extravasation (five cases; 2.2%), PAC malposition (four cases; 1.7%), PAC malfunction (ten cases; 4.45%) and thrombosis (...