Impact of central venous port implantation method and access choice on outcomes

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of 200 central venous port-implanted patients

Characteristic	Parameters	n (%)
Age	Min-max: 20-84	200 (100)
	Median: 62
	mean ± SD: 59.6 ± 12.1
Duration of port use in mo	Min-max: 0-93	200 (100)
	Median: 8
	mean ± SD: 13.5 ± 15.7
Sex	Female	99 (49.5)
	Male	101 (50.5)
Side	Right	186 (93.0)
	Left	14 (7.0)
Number of chemotherapeutic drug(s)	1	87 (43.5)
	2	83 (41.5)
	3	30 (15.0)
Complication	Present	20 (10)
	Absent	180 (90)
Clavien-Dindo severity classification	0-I	179 (89.5)
	II	7 (3.5)
	III	14 (7.0)

SD: Standard deviation.