Ports: Maintenance Standards - Implantation Techniques - Aftercare

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-319-33728-9
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, Book w. online files / update, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

This book provides a detailed and practical approach on how to optimally install a port system in patients who need safe venous access. The advantages and disadvantages of different implantation techniques along with use of ports in various settings as well as the management of ports after implantation are discussed in detail. This book will help readers learn about standardized surgical techniques, select appropriate materials, develop an optimal cooperation between the collaborating professional groups involved in patient care and perfect their skills in port use and management, all of which are paramount in achieving long survival times and high quality of life for patients. With a high number of illustrations on how to perform the surgical procedures and how to use and manage ports, the book also contains an online supplement of instructional videos.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hennes, Roland

Hofmann, Herbert A. F.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Herz- & Thoraxchirurgie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Chirurgische Techniken

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Fundamentals.- Intervention – Implantation Techniques.- Establishing central venous access in systemic intravenous chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition- Venous port complications: Detection, prevention, correction.- Oncology  professionals in hospitals and community centers.- Evidence and Quality Assurance.- Appendix.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr.Roland Hennes, Senior Physician and Director of the Port Centre at the Surgical University Hospital in Heidelberg (currently, the world's only port center!); Dr. Herbert AF Hofmann, owner of a specialized port implantation surgical practice in Berlin.