Chemo Port Surgery. This is also the last thing that the nurse does after. The port gets placed under your skin usually near your.
It usually takes 30 45 minutes. The port is placed within the body by a surgeon or radiologist. A medical port is no bigger than a quarter.
The day before i started 16 cycles of chemo over 20 weeks an interventional radiologist implanted a power port on the left side of my upper chest during an outpatient procedure.
The doctor makes a. The doctor makes a. You will be given local anesthetic in 2 places your neck and your chest. Expect to be awake but medicated to.
