A port placement facilitates ongoing chemotherapy treatments and reduces impact on smaller veins by allowing the chemotherapy to be inserted into a large vein to be pumped through the rest of the body. Dr. Robert Wright, MD, surgeon at Meridian Surgery Center illustrates the process of chemotherapy port placement surgery and how it functions while explaining the benefits of the chemo port and complications that may occur down the line.

0:00 Intro
1:24 Port Placement & Benefits
2:16 What to Expect – Outpatient Surgery, PostSurgery Recovery, Maintaining the Port
4:19 Inserting the Port – Location, Procedure
5:41 Port Placement Complications – Bleeding, Blood Clots and Swelling, Infection, Pneumothorax
10:34 – What Happens if the Catheter Breaks?

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