Analysis of risk factors for central venous port failure in cancer patients

Table 5 Comparisons of adverse events for open-ended vs Groshong catheter and solid vs hematogenous malignancy

	Open-ended catheter (n = 518)	Groshong catheter (n = 830)	P value1	Solid malignancy (n = 1272)	Hematogenous malignancy (n = 76)	P value1
Infection	14 , 2.7% (0.130)	26, 3.1% (0.099)	0.651	32, 2.5% (0.091)	8, 10.5% (0.456)	< 0.001
Thrombosis	26, 5% (0.242)	21, 2.5% (0.080)	0.015	46, 3.6% (0.131)	1, 1.3% (0.057)	0.515
Surgical complication	9, 1.7% (0.083)	6, 0.7% (0.022)	0.084	12, 0.9% (0.034)	3, 3.9% (0.171)	0.048

¹χ² test or Fisher’s exact test. Parenthesis indicated events per 1000 catheter-days.