title: Jugular Venous Catheterization: A Case of Knotting.
abstract: A 79-year-old woman, diagnosed for cancer of the ovary, had a central catheter that was placed with difficulty through the right internal jugular vein intraoperatively. After oophorectomy, it was realized that the catheter was knotted. Thus, the central venous catheter was removed successfully using a traction technique in the operating room. Central venous catheter use may result in various complications, although it has been used as an invasive method for hemodynamic monitoring and fluid and drug infusion. Here, we present catheter knotting in a case with solutions for this complication, under literature review.
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erkılıç
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Yıldırım Beyazıt, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gümüş
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Yıldırım Beyazıt, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarı
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kesimci