PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sai Divya Yadavalli
AU  - Manjunath Maruti Pol
AU  - Surabhi Vyas
AU  - Meghana Venkatesh
TI  - Fracture of tissue dilator in the femoral vein during insertion of temporary dialysis catheter: a stitch in time can save nine
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2021-243835
DP  - 2021 Jul 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e243835
VI  - 14
IP  - 7
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/7/e243835.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/7/e243835.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2021 Jul 01; 14
AB  - A 48-year-old man presented to the surgery casualty with 1-day history of broken foreign body during the insertion of dialysis catheter and a failed surgical retrieval. A Doppler ultrasonography of the right groin and lower limb and a noncontrast CT of abdomen and pelvis were performed. Eventhough no intravascular foreign body could be identified on imaging, a decision to re-explore the wound was taken in view of definitive clinical history. A 9.5 cm-long, broken piece of tissue dilator was found inside the right external iliac vein, which was removed through venotomy of the femoral vein. Postoperative recovery was uneventful.