PICC Lines (peripherally inserted central catheter)
PICC Lines (peripherally inserted central catheter) A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line) is a type of central line. You might have one for chemotherapy and other drugs and fluids. …
Drip and tube feeding - Cancer Research UK
A gastrostomy tube goes into your stomach through an opening made on the outside of your tummy (abdomen). You might have one if you have longer term problems with eating and …
Central lines - Cancer Research UK
peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line) portacath or totally implantable venous access device (TIVAD) This page is about acute and tunnelled central lines.
Treating Wilms tumour | Children's cancers - Cancer Research UK
2023年11月5日 · Most children are in hospital for less than a week. A nephrectomy is a big operation and it can be painful. Your child’s healthcare team will give them regular painkillers …
Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) - Cancer Research UK
When the catheter is in the right place, your doctor slowly injects the radioactive beads into your liver. The whole process takes about an hour. When your doctor removes the catheter they put …
Voice prosthesis after laryngectomy | Cancer Research UK
Once the area has healed and you are eating and drinking, your doctor takes the catheter out. They then put a small, one way valve into the hole. The one way valve stops food, fluids, and …
After prostate cancer surgery - Cancer Research UK
a tube into your bladder (urinary catheter) an oxygen mask; The urinary catheter usually stays in for 7 to 10 days if you’ve had a radical prostatectomy. After removal of the inner part of the …
After surgery for penile cancer - Cancer Research UK
After a glansectomy operation you have a tube to drain the urine from your bladder (catheter). And you may need to be on bed rest for a day or so. This gives the skin graft the best chance …
Bladder reconstruction - Cancer Research UK
a tube (catheter) to drain urine through your urethra; a tube (catheter) to drain urine through your tummy (abdomen) - this is a suprapubic catheter (you don't always have this type of catheter) …
Long term drains to treat ascites - Cancer Research UK
PeritX peritoneal catheter drainage system for vacuum assisted drainage of treatment-resistant recurrent malignant ascites National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), 2012 …