Retrieval of Broken Paravertebral Catheter by Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Autor: Sihoe, Alan DL, Das, Subid R, Ling, Leong-Chow, Cheng, Lik-Cheung
Zdroj: Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals; August 2008, Vol. 16 Issue: 4 p321-323, 3p
Abstrakt: A paravertebral catheter was placed in a 34-year-old man to provide analgesia after a right upper lobectomy. On removal, the catheter broke within the chest wall. Although bedside exploration and computed tomography scanning failed to locate it, the 13-cm long retained fragment was easily retrieved by video-assisted thoracic surgery, using a single-port technique.
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