Introduction: Port catheters are essential for optimal and comfortable treatment of hematological malignancy.
Materials and Methods: Two hundred and ninety-five patients with acute leukemia were analyzed retrospectively. Eighty-five patients with a port catheter (Group-1) who suffered a total of 151 infection attacks and 80 patients without a port catheter (Group-2) who suffered a total of 107 infection attacks were included in the study.
Results: The mean age of the patients was 54.80±33.51 months in Group-1 (n:85) and 80.61±45.42 months in Group-2 (n:80) (p
Key words: Acute leukemia, port catheter, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, platelet lymphocyte ratio
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