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Case Reports
. 1990 Sep;119(5-6):139-41.

[Late pneumothorax: a complication of subclavian vein catheterization]

[Article in Hebrew]
O Shen  1 , M Mugga-Solam, Y Kluger
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  • PMID: 2227688
Case Reports

[Late pneumothorax: a complication of subclavian vein catheterization]

[Article in Hebrew]
O Shen et al. Harefuah. 1990 Sep.

Abstract

Subclavian vein catheterization is safe as long as proper indications and contraindications are observed. In the hands of highly qualified personnel, subclavian vein catheterization has a minimum rate of complications. Pneumothorax is by far the most common complication of the procedure. We describe a 64-year-old man who developed pneumothorax late after left subclavian vein catheterization.

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