Vasküler Port: Retrospektif Değerlendirme.

Objective: The difficulty of accessing recurrent intravenous (IV) routes in patients with a diagnosis of malignancy is a frequently encountered problem. Our aim is to evaluate retrospectively our port catheter placement procedures in patients who will undergo chemotherapy. Material and Method: We retrospectively reviewed the files of 98 patients who underwent chemotherapy port catheterization between May 2012 and November 2012 in our clinic. Patients' demographic data, primary diagnoses, localization of the procedure, number of interventions, fluoroscopy requirement, patient comfort (1, 2, moderate, 3 good) were recorded. Patients were evaluated as right internal jugular vein (Group J) and right subclavian vein (Group S) groups according to their entrance veins. Results: Fifty (%51) patients were male and 48 (48.9%) were female. Their ages ranged from 19 to 84 years, and the mean age was 49.55±14.57 years. Complications were seen in 8 (26.7%) of right internal jugular vein, and 4 (5.9%) of right subclavian vein port applications. The complications developed were due to misplacement (n=9), and infection (n=3). When the groups were compared in terms of patient comfort. In groups J (7: 23.3%), and S (3: 4.4%) satisfaction score of 1 point (worse) were estimated in respective number of patients. Conclusion: We believe that implantation of port catheter in patients planned for long- term chemotherapy improves patient comfort and has a low complication rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]