Open AccessTranspleural central venous catheter discovered during thoracotomy
Author(s) -
Akshay Malhotra,
Prakash Sharma,
Arun Kumar,
Nikhil Malhotra
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.125435
Subject(s) - medicine , central venous catheter , thoracotomy , catheter , surgery , complication , anesthesia
We report an uncommon complication of subclavian central venous catheterization, discovered at thoracotomy. The central venous catheter (CVC) was placed by left infraclavicular route after induction of general anesthesia. CVC was secured after aspiration of blood and satisfactory central venous tracing. On thoracotomy, CVC was noticed to traverse the pleural cavity while the tracing was normal. CVC was thus removed consequent to which bleeding from each puncture site was noticed, that were secured surgically.