Inadvertent cannulation of the left internal thoracic vein during central vein catheter insertion.
The left internal thoracic vein was accidentally cannulated during an attempt to establish central vein catheterization through left internal jugular vein. The surgeon found this during left internal mammary artery dissection and it needed to be repositioned.
Tewari
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Department of Anaesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Luckhnow, India. ptewari@sgpgi.ac.in.
Sinha
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Kanhere
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