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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1971, Vol. 43, No. 7 713-714
© 1971 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

case-report

PERFORATION OF THE RIGHT INNOMINATE VEIN BY CENTRAL VENOUS POLYETHYLENE CATHETER

M. W. GALBERT* and J. E. KAY+

*Anesthesiology Service, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center (AFSQ, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 78236
+Anesthesiology Service, Weisbaden USAF Hospital Weisbaden AB, Germany, APO New York, 09332

A case of hydrothorax secondary to perforation of the right innominate vein by a central venous polyethylene catheter is presented. Recommendations for the safe clinical management of such monitors arc detailed


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