Inadvertent vertebral vein catheterisation during transjugular vein cannulation: a rare complication

Sema Turan,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.6077

Sema Turan¹, İhsan Ayık¹, Bahar Aydınlı¹, Çiğdem Güçlü¹, Dilek Kazancı¹, Murat Taş¹, Sarper Ökten², Özcan Erdemli¹

¹Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
²Department of Radiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.6077

Central venous cannulation through the right internal jugular vein, which is a widely used technique, may lead to complications at different stages, including catheter placement stage, indwelling stage and the removal stage. Malposition of the central venous catheter may also result in catastrophic consequences. In this article, we report 74-year-old male case with misplaced central venous catheter into the right vertebral vein in seventh vertebral foramen, which was detected at the catheter removal stage.

Keywords : Catheter malposition; complication; internal jugular vein catheterization; vertebral vein cannulation

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