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Venous Access

If you need IV access for more than just a few days, your doctor will recommend that you have something more advanced than a simple IV that is placed in the arm. The Interventional Radiologists of South Texas Radiology can safely place a large variety of venous access devices depending on your needs. 
  • If you need chemotherapy, your doctor might recommend a Venous Access Port, or Port for short, be placed. 
  • If you need temporary dialysis (or have another situation where a lot of blood needs to be removed and replaced...like plasmapheresis or stem cell harvest) your doctor might recommend a non-tunneled hemodialysis catheter (frequently called a Quinton catheter...a brand name like calling a facial tissue a Kleenex) 
  • If you need long-term dialysis your doctor might recommend a tunneled hemodialysis catheter (frequently called a Permcath...also a brand name).
  • If you need stable IV access for one or several weeks, your doctor might recommend a Peripherally Inserted Central Cathater (PICC) or a tunneled central line (aka Hickman or Groshong or Broviac....you guessed it, more brand names). 

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  • Home
  • Conditions we treat
    • Uterine Fibroids
    • BPH (Enlarged Prostate)
    • Cancer
    • Female Pelvic Pain
    • Arthritis pain
    • Kidney Obstruction
    • Bile Duct Obstruction
    • Venous Access
    • Portal Hypertension
    • Image-Guided Biopsy
    • Varicocele
  • Our Doctors
    • Attaya
    • Browne
    • Bertolino
    • Childers
    • Kolarich
    • Lao
    • Mehta
    • Middlebrook
    • McClure
    • Otazo
    • Pallan
    • Partyka
    • Sahani
    • Shetty
    • Silva
    • Stoll
    • Sweeney
    • Thomas
    • Tubb
    • Velez
    • Williams
  • Contact
    • Our locations