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World J Gastrointest Surg. Aug 27, 2025; 17(8): 109333
Published online Aug 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i8.109333
Published online Aug 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i8.109333
Effects of totally implantable venous access ports on complications and quality of life in gastrointestinal cancer chemotherapy
Xiao-Hui Ye, Rong-Hong Cui, Lei Xu, Ling-Rong Ye, Mei-Jun Wang, Venous Nursing Specialist Clinic, The Quzhou Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou People’s Hospital, Quzhou 324000, Zhejiang Province, China
Author contributions: Ye XH initiated the project, and designed the experiment and conducted clinical data collection; Cui RH, Xu L and Ye LR performed postoperative follow-up and recorded data; Ye XH and Wang MJ conducted a number of collation and statistical analysis and wrote the original manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Quzhou Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou People’s Hospital.
Informed consent statement: The ethics committee agreed to waive the patient's informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Data sharing statement: All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article.
Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Mei-Jun Wang, Venous Nursing Specialist Clinic, The Quzhou Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou People’s Hospital, No. 100 Minjiang Avenue, Kecheng District, Quzhou 324000, Zhejiang Province, China.
Received: May 9, 2025
Revised: June 9, 2025
Accepted: June 24, 2025
Published online: August 27, 2025
Processing time: 108 Days and 5.1 Hours
Revised: June 9, 2025
Accepted: June 24, 2025
Published online: August 27, 2025
Processing time: 108 Days and 5.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study demonstrates that totally implantable venous access ports (TIVAP) significantly reduce catheter-related complications and improve quality of life (QoL) compared to peripherally inserted central catheters in gastrointestinal cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Key findings include lower complication rates and higher EuroQol Five Dimensions and QoL Questionnaire-Core 30 scores in the TIVAP group, underscoring the importance of optimal device selection for enhancing patient outcomes.