title: Malposition of a Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter in the Graft Hepatic Vein.
abstract: Central venous catheters are used for delivering medications and parenteral nutrition, measuring hemodynamic variations, and providing long-term intravenous access. In our clinic, during liver transection using a living-liver donor, peripherally inserted central venous catheters are generally preferred because they involve a less invasive technique with a lower risk of complications. In this report, we present the case of a 36-year-old male liver donor into whom we peripherally inserted a central venous catheter from his left basilic vein. After transecting the hepatic vein, the surgeon found foreign material inside the venous lumen, which turned out to be the distal segment of the catheter.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Başkent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ersoy
authors.forename: Coşkun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Araz
authors.forename: Duygu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taşkın
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moray
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torgay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D062905:Central Venous Catheters; D004867:Equipment Design; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome