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Can you tell me about a port that gets implanted into the chest of a patient before undergoing chemotherapy? general anesthesia and ?
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Access Vein: Implanted port is to access vein for chemotherapy and not to use peripheral vein freouently especially in pediatrics because start iv, is very difficult in children because the vein are very small .
Answered 12/6/2014
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