The complications of puncture catheterization of the subclavian vein and their diagnosis
Smakov, G.M.; Evdokimov, A.I.; Shinkevich, V.V.; Tsyganov, A.A.
Khirurgiia 1992(5-6): 68-71
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-1207 PMID: 1469850 Document Number: 403969
The authors describe 21 complications which occurred in puncture catheterization of the subclavian vein in 1,276 (1.65%) patients. They varied widely in character--hemothorax, pneumothorax, thrombosis of the subclavian vein, etc. The case record of one patient with traumatic pneumothorax after puncture catheterization of the subclavian vein is discussed in detail.