KMID : 0878620020060020091
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Korean Journal of Pediatric Anesthesia 2002 Volume.6 No. 2 p.91 ~ p.94
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Surgical Retrieval of a Jugular Catheter Fragment from tile Left Pulmonary Artery
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Kim Yang-Hyun
Kim Kyoung-Ok Kim Chong-Sung
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Abstract
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This case report describes the pulmonary embolization of a fractured Nutri-cath in 5-month old child. Nutri-cath was accidentally cut during removal process due to the catheter infection and its fragment migrated into the right heart, eventually into the left pulmonary artery branch. She did not experience any symptoms related to the catheter embolization. The catheter tip was surgically removed through lateral thoracotomy approach without any complication.
As the natural history of asymptomatie-retained central venous foreign bodies remains unclear, the decision to removal them should be individualized. Also. it is important to be aware of the possibility of this complicati
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KEYWORD
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Pulmonary embolization, . indwelling catheter
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