Fracture of an Intravenous Cannula in the Vein during Removal: A Case Report

Autor: Piyush M. Bhandari, B S Jayanth
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU. :079-081
ISSN: 2582-4953
2582-4287
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1708648
Popis: In Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, peripheral venous cannulation is done for administrating antibiotics, fluids and supplements. Here we introduce the fracture of i.v cannula during removal inside the blood vessel. Peripheral i.v cannulation was done in radial vein with a 20G cannula in a patient with trauma for receiving antibiotics and fluids.Under sterile conditions, the broken piece of the cannula was removed from a vein with a surgical incision and the skin was sutured.
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