Jin-Beom Cho, Il-Young Park, Ki-Young Sung, Jong-Min Baek, Jun-Hyun Lee, Do-Sang Lee
Subclavian venous catheterization was once widely used for volume resuscitation, emergency venous access, chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition, and hemodialysis. However, its use has drastically reduced recently because of life-threatening complications such as hemothorax, pneumothorax. In this case, a patient admitted for a scheduled operation underwent right subclavian venous catheterization for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative volume resuscitation and parenteral nutrition. The procedure was performed by an experienced senior resident...
November 2013: Journal of the Korean Surgical Society