RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fracture of tissue dilator in the femoral vein during insertion of temporary dialysis catheter: a stitch in time can save nine
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e243835
DO 10.1136/bcr-2021-243835
VO 14
IS 7
A1 Sai Divya Yadavalli
A1 Manjunath Maruti Pol
A1 Surabhi Vyas
A1 Meghana Venkatesh
YR 2021
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/7/e243835.abstract
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.