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01-07-2012 | Case Report

Phrenic nerve injury after image-guided insertion of a tunnelled right internal jugular central venous catheter

Authors: Andrew Shawyer, Samantha Chippington, Sadia Quyam, Ingram Schulze-Neick, Derek Roebuck

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 7/2012

Abstract

Central venous catheters (CVC) are now commonly inserted by radiologists. Although complications are infrequent, they must be avoided where possible and recognized when they occur. We present a 10-year-old boy who developed right hemidiaphragmatic paralysis, requiring surgical plication, following US-guided insertion of a tunnelled right internal jugular CVC. The needle trajectory for internal jugular puncture must be planned to avoid the phrenic nerve.

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Title: Phrenic nerve injury after image-guided insertion of a tunnelled right internal jugular central venous catheter
Authors: Andrew Shawyer
Samantha Chippington
Sadia Quyam
Ingram Schulze-Neick
Derek Roebuck
Publication date: 01-07-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 7/2012
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-011-2269-y

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