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| Year : 2003 | Volume
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A case of fractured internal jugular catheter
II Ulasi, CK Ijoma, CH Anyanwu
Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
I I Ulasi
Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu
Nigeria
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We report a case of fractured internal jugular catheter, a rare but life threatening complication of the use of intravascular catheter in a 73 year-old man. He had an internal jugular catheter in-situ for nine months, much longer than the manufacturer's recommended duration.
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