title: Pulse-spray treatment of total occlusive jugular venous suppurative thrombophlebitis.
abstract: A 63-year-old man was diagnosed with jugular venous suppurative thrombophlebitis after undergoing strangulation ileus surgery. His condition was not stabilized by therapy with antibiotics, heparin or other supportive treatments. Pulse-spray treatment (PST) was administered, following which, the patient was afebrile without symptoms and the laboratory data improved. There were no complications such as sustained sepsis, septic embolisms or pulmonary embolisms. This is a unique case report of the use of a pulse-spray catheter in the treatment of total occlusive jugular venous suppurative thrombophlebitis following the failure of medical therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency & Critical Care Medicine, Kitasato University, Japan. tk119@kitasato-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tomomichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kan'o
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimaki
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Kazui
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Soma
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome