Seth Akshay, Bansal Nitish, Tiwari Punit, Jain Saurav
Department of Orthopaedics, GMC, Patiala, Punjab, India.
Department of Orthopaedics, MMUHSMC, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
J Orthop Case Rep. 2023 Mar;13(3):59-62. doi: 10.13107/jocr.2023.v13.i03.3584.
Intravenous injections are an everyday practice in the health-care sector and are also frequently abused by drug abusers. One rare complication of intravenous injections is venous intraluminal breakage of the needle, which is a matter of concern due to the possible embolization of needle fragments in the body.
We report our case of an intravenous drug abuser with an intraluminal breakage of a needle presenting within 2 h of the incidence. The broken needle fragment was retrieved successfully at the local injection site.
Intraluminal intravenous needle breakage should be treated as an emergency, and a tourniquet should be applied as soon as possible.
静脉注射是医疗保健领域的日常操作,同时也经常被吸毒者滥用。静脉注射的一种罕见并发症是针头在血管腔内折断,由于针头碎片可能在体内发生栓塞,这是一个令人担忧的问题。
我们报告了一例静脉吸毒者在事件发生后2小时内出现针头血管腔内折断的病例。折断的针头碎片在局部注射部位成功取出。
血管腔内静脉针头折断应作为紧急情况处理,应尽快应用止血带。