Avinash Patukale Aditya, Shetty Gautham, Prakash Marathe Supreet, Sullivan Timothy, Venugopal Prem, Alphonso Nelson
67568Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
67568University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2022 Mar;13(2):263-265. doi: 10.1177/21501351211044130. Epub 2021 Oct 12.
We present a case in which the superior vena cava (SVC) cannula was inadvertently clamped for a short while during cardiopulmonary bypass, completely occluding SVC drainage. This resulted in a rarely seen complication - bilateral subperiosteal orbital hematomas causing orbital compartment syndrome. Other instances of intentional SVC occlusion include during the creation of a bidirectional cavo-pulmonary shunt and for emergency control of bleeding during thoracic surgery.
