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Case Reports
. 1977 Feb;32(1):101-3.
doi: 10.1136/thx.32.1.101.

Haemothorax after subclavian vein cannulation

S Holt, N Kirkham, E Myerscough
Case Reports

Haemothorax after subclavian vein cannulation

S Holt et al. Thorax. 1977 Feb.

Abstract

A patient in whom pulmonary arterial bleeding occurred during percutaneous supraclavicular puncture of the subclavian vein is described. A retrospective survey of over 600 subclavian venepunctures disclosed seven patients in whom serious traumatic complications occurred, six of them in the hands of inexperienced operators.

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