Guidelines for Central Venous Port Placement and Management (Abridged Translation of the Japanese Version)

The central venous port has been widely used for patients who require long-term intravenous treatments, and the number of palcement increasing. Japanese Society Interventional Radiology developed a guideline placement management to provide evidence-based recommendations support healthcare providers in decision-making process regarding port. consisted two parts: (i) comprehensive review topics including preoperative preparation, techniques or removal, complications, maintenance methods (ii) six clinical questions blood vessels placement, implantation site, prophylactic antibiotic therapy, imaging guidance puncture, disinfectant prior accessing port, optimal procedure at end drug administration via generated on basis rating quality evidence by systematic review.