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2. What Is an Implantable Port? - WebMD

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   Doctors use them to take blood or to get drugs or fluids into your bloodstream more easily than with a standard intravenous needle, or IV. The port is a good option if you need treatments ...

3. Port (medical) - Wikipedia

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   In medicine, a port is a small medical appliance that is installed beneath the skin. A catheter (plastic tube) connects the port to a vein . Under the skin, the port has a septum (a silicone membrane) through which drugs can be injected and blood samples can be drawn many times, usually with less discomfort for the patient (and clinician) than ...

4. 5 Things You Need to Know About Ports - Healthline

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   redness. fluid around the incision. shortness of breath. chest pain. fever. dizziness. swelling on your neck, face, or arm on the side where the port is inserted. Removing the port is done in a ...

5. Chemotherapy Port: How It Works for Cancer Treatment - Healthline

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   A chemotherapy port is a small disc or reservoir that can be made of plastic or metal, with a rubber seal at the top. A thin, soft, flexible tube, called a line or catheter, goes from this disc ...

6. Life With a Port: What’s It Like? - WebMD

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   Infections. Ports can lead to an infection in the skin over the port or in your bloodstream. This can be very serious, even life-threatening. Be sure you and everyone who touches your port washes ...

7. What Is a Chemo Port? - WebMD

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   Also called an implanted port, port-a-cath or medi-port, a chemo port has two parts: the port and the catheter. The port is a quarter-sized plastic or metal disc. (If you have the metal kind, don ...

8. Central Venous Catheters: PICC Lines versus Ports - Healthline

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   PICC vs. port. Although PICC lines and ports have the same purpose, there are a few differences between them: PICC lines can stay in for several weeks or months. Ports can stay in as long as you ...

9. Central venous catheter - Wikipedia

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   Central venous catheter. Diagram showing a non-tunneled central line inserted into the right subclavian vein. A central venous catheter ( CVC ), also known as a central line (c-line), central venous line, or central venous access catheter, is a catheter placed into a large vein. It is a form of venous access.