Inadvertent Suturing of a Left Internal Jugular Vein Catheter Into the Innominate Vein During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Oct;38(10):2391-2394. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2024.04.053. Epub 2024 May 6.

Authors

Eileen Kodack¹, Abrar Raviv², Enrique Pantin³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

PMID: 38937169
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2024.04.053

No abstract available

Keywords: central line; central venous catheter; complication; entrapment; innominate vein; suture.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Brachiocephalic Veins* / diagnostic imaging
Brachiocephalic Veins* / surgery
Catheterization, Central Venous* / adverse effects
Catheterization, Central Venous* / methods
Coronary Artery Bypass* / methods
Humans
Jugular Veins* / diagnostic imaging
Jugular Veins* / surgery
Male
Suture Techniques / adverse effects