TY - JOUR ID - 14324 TI - Conservative management of superior vena cava injury due to hemodialysis catheter placement: A case report and literature review JO - Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine JA - JCTM LA - en SN - 2345-2447 AU - Mozafar, Mohammad AU - Hosseini, Seyed Masoud AU - Majidi, Fuad AU - Zarrintan, Sina AD - Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Department of General & Vascular Surgery, Shohada-Tajrish Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - General Surgeon, Department of General & Vascular Surgery, Imam Reza Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 547 EP - 553 KW - superior vena cava KW - hemodialysis KW - internal jugular vein DO - 10.22038/jctm.2019.44004.1249 N2 - We reported the case of a 78-year old woman with the inadvertent superior vena cava injury resulting from hemodialysis catheter placement. The catheter was placed through the left internal jugular vein. Hemodynamics were stable. The initial chest film illustrated an extraluminal catheter and mediastinal widening. The patient did not have hemothorax. Computed tomography venography also confirmed the extraluminal position. The catheter was removed at the operating room, and the case was conservatively managed UR - https://jctm.mums.ac.ir/article_14324.html L1 - https://jctm.mums.ac.ir/article_14324_9643dbefee0edb5749ccf09ced678dec.pdf ER -