These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Catheter fracture and embolization: a rare complication of a permanent implanted intravenous catheter system].
    Author: Mazel JW, Idenburg FJ, van Delden OM.
    Journal: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd; 2000 Jul 08; 144(28):1360-3. PubMed ID: 10923159.
    Abstract:
    An implantable venous access system was used in a 55-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer for the delivery of chemotherapy. Four months after implantation the catheter was resistant to the injection of fluids. A chest X-ray showed fracture of the catheter with embolisation to the right pulmonary artery. Analysis of the fractured catheter after removal showed that the fracture was caused by catheter pinch-off. Catheter pinch-off is caused by friction of the catheter between the clavicle and the first rib. The incidence of this rare complication is estimated at 0.1-1%. The incidence of catheter pinch-off can be reduced by a lateral insertion technique and by radiographic monitoring after implantation.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]