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CASE REPORT
Fracture of temporary femoral haemodialysis catheter: our experience
  1. Sanjay D Cruz1,
  2. Monica Gupta1,
  3. Ravinder Kaur2,
  4. Sanjay Gupta3
  1. 1Department of Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
  2. 2Department of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
  3. 3Department of Surgery, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Monica Gupta, monicamanish2001{at}gmail.com

Summary

We report two similar cases of fracture and proximal migration of temporary femoral haemodialysis catheters. The two cases were encountered 6 years apart. These types of occurrences, especially in centres where catheter reuse is practiced, are not uncommon but seldom reported in the literature. Alert dialysis staff on both the occasions took remedial steps in time, which prevented embolisation of the catheters into the inferior vena cava. Both the catheters were removed successfully by the surgical team.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-009625

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