After artist Jamal Youssef underwent the operation of removing the Port Cath device from his chest and announcing his cure from throat cancer, questions arose about this device and its uses for oncology patients, so we present to you in a simple way all the necessary information about the device, as Dr. Medhat Khafaga, Professor of Surgery at the National Institute, confirmed For tumors, the “Porth Cath” is a method for administering intravenous drugs and solutions to the patient in a regular manner without the need to inject the veins of the hand repeatedly.
Dr. Khafaja told Al-Youm Al-Sabea that this device is placed in a vein under the collar bone in the neck and implanted under the skin on the bone, adding that it is given to a cancer patient to be given medicine and chemotherapy and is considered as a catheter that connects to the central vein in the heart, as it reduces the chances of infection Vascular toxicity associated with chemotherapy, which reduces the chances of blood clots and hardening of the veins.
He added that this device remains attached to the patient until the completion of the chemotherapy sessions that may last for up to 6 months, as well as the device remains for a period of about a year after the patient recovers from the tumors, and then it is removed after this time, as a precaution in anticipation of the emergence of any other tumor in the patient.
He stressed that the rate of cure from cancer and the absence of other tumors in most patients reaches 70%, while cancer may return to up to 30% of patients.
He pointed out that this device needs well-trained doctors to properly implant it to the patient, because if it is placed incorrectly and without following the instructions it may cause microbes to enter the body, which poses a risk of blood poisoning, which is one of the dangerous conditions that may cause death, so The device must be properly positioned.
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