Port Catheterization: Our Clinical Experience with 156 Diseases

Objective:Port catheterization, which can be practically applied by various clinical and surgical branches in our country, is an extremely comfortable procedure in patient groups requiring long-term parenteral treatment, especially malignancy patients.Method:In this study, 156 patients who underwent port catheterization by an anesthesiologist after the approval of the local ethics committee were evaluated retrospectively.Results:The procedure was performed in 98.1% of the patients due to malignancy (originated esophagus: 37.3%, stomach: 24.8%). The most common application part was the right internal jugular vein (65.4%). Sixty-two patients required two or more punctures. Port was removed due to port pocket infection in 1.9% of the patients.Conclusion:In this study, we presented our port catheterization experience and aimed to contribute to the national literature.