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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / September 2006Ports
A friend of mine just recently had a port put in that caused her a great deal of pain. The port didn't work during the Chemo and it was discovered that the port had a problem and when they went to remove the port the tubing came apart and they had to go up through the groin to remove the piece and then put a new port in. My question is, does incidents like this usually happen or was this a botched job? Having worked in an interventional and angiography suite for awhile.... its sounds like a manufacturing issue is most likely the cause. The Doctors who put these in put many of them in every week and are very practiced. I would certainly inquire and ask for an explanation (in a non-confrontational way in case it was the manufacturer). Nina > A friend of mine just recently had a port put in that caused her a > great deal of pain. The port didn't work during the Chemo and it was > discovered that the port had a problem and when they went to remove the > port the tubing came apart and they had to go up through the groin to > remove the piece and then put a new port in. My question is, does > incidents like this usually happen or was this a botched job? A few weeks after my port was put in, I suffered a major DVT (Deep vein thrombosis) in the arm next to the port. The ER staff told me afterwards that it could have killed me. Any surgery involves risk. S*** happens. I've made friends with a lot of ported patients in the treatment rooms. None have had any of the kind of problems you mentioned. >Having worked in an interventional and angiography suite for awhile.... >its sounds like a manufacturing issue is most likely the cause. The [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> remove the piece and then put a new port in. My question is, does >> incidents like this usually happen or was this a botched job? |
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