Interdisciplinary cooperation for the treatment of port patients.- Indications for a port catheter system, basics of port surgery and management of complications.- Hygiene standards for the treatment of port patients.- Legal aspects of port care.- Expert standard for port care.- Wound care and dressing changes.- Intra- and postoperative care after port implantation.- Special features of port care in oncological patients.- Port care in outpatient care.- Special patient groups. Intra- and postoperative care after port implantation.- Special features of port care for oncological patients.- Port care in outpatient care.- Special patient groups.- Port care in infants and children.- Documentation Patient counseling and information.- Current evidence of port care.

​Comprehensive and professional care for people with ports! This book offers nurses and medical professionals comprehensive knowledge for the care of people with ports. Starting with the selection and indication for port placement, through dressing changes and hygiene guidelines, to everyday handling - here you will find expert knowledge at the highest level! The different requirements in inpatient and outpatient settings are also taken into account.The authors come from different professional groups and show that good interprofessional cooperation is essential for successful, evidence-based treatment of patients with a port. Here's how to improve your patients' quality of life!This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Portpflege by Roland Hennes and Gisela Müller, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.The ContentBasics of port surgery and management of complications Wound care and dressing changesHygiene standards and legal aspects of careSpecial situations: Children, ambulatory careThe EditorsRoland Hennes, MD, Head of the Heidelberg Port Center-Superior Physician, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital.Gisela Müller, Head of Nursing at the Surgical University Hospital Heidelberg.