Side Effects of Chemotherapy Tube Burial

Chemotherapy buried tube refers to the need for deep vein placement prior to chemotherapy, most commonly a PICC buried in the arm place and an infusion port in other places such as the chest wall or shoulder. The side effects of buried tubes are much smaller compared to the benefits that may come with them. Buried tube may lead to local foreign body reaction, the patient feels slight discomfort, such as PICC, the patient’s buried arm can not bear weight, as well as the need to change the medicine once a week, that is, the puncture point place needs to be sterilized, and then change the patch, the patient may feel inconvenient. As for the infusion port buried tube reaction will be much smaller, once a month care can be. Chemotherapy buried tube is to reduce the stimulation reaction of chemotherapy drugs, because the peripheral vein puncture, may lead to chemotherapy drug extravasation.