its so you dont have to keep injecting your veins if you need to take alot of medicne...like cancer paitents get this opperation, you have some disc thing right near your collar bone under your skin and the nurse can inject the needle there instead of your veins so they dont get harmed or depleted or what not
2006-10-16 12:07:16 · 13 answers · asked by G-Love 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Porta-Cath, PICC line, Central Venous Line, the one by the collar bone is a Porta-Cath. They are longer term solutions for giving medicine rather than a temporary venous line.
2006-10-16 12:13:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called a port or reservoir or you can also get a picc line or central venous catheter that is inserted into the vessals of the heart and all are good and safe but i like the picc line myself
2006-10-16 12:09:35 · answer #2 · answered by cshell442003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a Pic Line
2006-10-16 12:09:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stent - A stent is a small, lattice-shaped, metal tube that is inserted permanently into an artery. The stent helps hold open an artery so that blood can flow through it.
2006-10-16 12:08:12 · answer #4 · answered by roxy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either a stent or a port. Depending on what it's used for.
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=angioplasty&bhcp=1
This site has info on a stent for radiological purposes.
2006-10-16 12:18:02 · answer #5 · answered by CyberCop 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PICC-line ( periphically inserted central catheters)
2006-10-16 12:20:26 · answer #6 · answered by CrAzY-B|TcH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is also called a vein port.
2006-10-16 12:10:03 · answer #7 · answered by Angela 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a pick-line. Trust me, I have had one before.
2006-10-16 12:08:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a port.
2006-10-16 12:09:27 · answer #9 · answered by Elizabeth H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A shunt.
2006-10-16 12:08:55 · answer #10 · answered by Jay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋