Inadvertent Puncture of the Thoracic Duct during Attempted Central Venous Catheter Placement

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 569-571

  Teichgraber, Ulf K M ^a   Nibbe, Lutz ^a   Gebauer, Bernhard ^a   Wagner, Hans Joachim ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central venous catheterization; Chylothorax; Thoracic duct

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHYLOTHORAX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LYMPH FLOW; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RELIABILITY; THORACIC DUCT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 1642539175     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-003-0102-1     Document Type: Article

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