Unusual complication of radial artery cannulation Journal Articles

abstract

• Currently, radial artery cannulation is the preferred method for con-tinuous hemodynamic monitoring in critically ill patients. Reported complications of radial artery cannulation include infection, digital gangrene, thrombosis, pseudoaneurysm, skin necrosis and median nerve palsy Radial artery catheter fracture is a very rare complication. A review of the English language literature revealed only one reported case. We present an additional case of spontaneous radial artery catheter fracture.

authors

• Bain, James
• Bengezi, Omar A
• Dalcin, Ariana
• Al-Thani, Hassan
• Bain, James R

status

• published 

publication date

• December 2003

published in

• Plastic Surgery  Journal

keywords

• Catheter complications
• Catheter fracture
• Radial artery cannulation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/229255030301100409

start page

• 213

end page

• 215

volume

• 11

issue

• 4