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Aberrant central venous catheter complicating radical neck dissection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. E. Camilleri  and
F. W. Davies
A. E. Camilleri*
Affiliation:
Departments of Dept. of Otolaryngology, and Division of Anaesthesia, Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
F. W. Davies
Affiliation:
Departments of Dept. of Otolaryngology, and Division of Anaesthesia, Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
*
Mr A. E. Camilleri, F.R.C.S., Dept of Otolaryngology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 OSF.
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Abstract

Abnormal migration of central venous catheters is especially common in the case of long lines inserted via the antecubital fossa. A case is described of internal jugular vein migration of a central venous catheter complicating an ipsilateral radical neck dissection.

Keywords

Neck dissectionCatheter
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 6 , June 1991 , pp. 491 - 492
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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