title: Aberrant central venous catheter complicating radical neck dissection.
abstract: Abnormal migration of central venous catheters is especially common in the case of long lines inserted via the antecubital fossa. A case is described of internal jugular vein migration of a central venous catheter complicating an ipsilateral radical neck dissection.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Otolaryngology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Camilleri
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D037981:Neck Dissection