A port placement is performed under a local or a general anesthesia. It usually takes less than one hour. A small incision is made at the planned site for the port and a pocket for the port is made. The vein is accessed and the port tubing is threaded into position and checked with fluoroscopy.
Definition of conduit. 1 : a natural or artificial channel through which something (as a fluid) is conveyed a conduit for rainwater. 2 archaic : fountain. 3 : a pipe, tube, or tile for protecting electric wires or cables.
Urinary bladder neoplasms. Urinary diversion. Abstract. For >30 yr, the ileal conduit (IC) has been considered the ââstandardââ urinary. diversion for bladder cancer patients submitted to radical cystectomy. It is uni-. versally recognised as being the most clinically adequate, cost-effective, and. reliable solution in the long term.