Ask for the interventional radiology resident on call. Ports & Port Placement A port is a small device with a hollow space inside that is sealed by a soft top. A port placement will allow medications ...

A venous access port placement procedure will allow for easier administration of chemotherapy and blood collection. Chemotherapy can be harsh on the veins of the arms and hands. It can be inconvenient ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- It wasn't use of prophylactic antibiotics, but certain patient factors that appeared to affect infection rates in the 30 days after chest port placement, researchers found in a large ...

A woman with ovarian cancer explains why she was reluctant to get a port put in and why she ultimately went forward with it. “Somehow, I felt that if I got the port, I was giving in to the cancer,” ...