Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 May 1;53(5):1091-1092. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx412.
A 69-year-old patient with a malignant right pleural effusion experienced an inadvertent chest tube insertion through the hepatic vein, which ended up in the right ventricle. This rare complication occurred using a 14-Fr Thal-Quick chest tube (Seldinger method). The chest tube was successfully removed in a non-operative approach.
一位 69 岁的恶性右侧胸腔积液患者在使用 14Fr Thal-Quick 胸管（Seldinger 法）时，无意中将胸管插入肝静脉，最终进入右心室。这种罕见的并发症发生了。该胸管通过非手术方法成功取出。
