Knotted Femoral Nerve Catheter

Removal of a knotted stimulating femoral nerve catheter using a saline bolus injection

OBJECTIVE Stimulating peripheral nerve catheters have become increasingly popular as part of postoperative multimodal analgesia for total knee arthroplasty. We describe a case of a successful nonsurgical removal of a knotted stimulating femoral nerve catheter after saline expansion of the catheter pocket at the bedside. CASE REPORT A 65-year-old female underwent total knee arthroplasty under ...

Intracorporeal knotting of a femoral nerve catheter

Peripheral nerve catheters are effective and well-established tools to provide postoperative analgesia to patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. The performance of these techniques is usually considered safe. However, placement of nerve catheters may be associated with a considerable number of side effects and major complications have repeatedly been published. In this work, we report on a pat...

Use of a stimulating catheter for femoral nerve block.

Removal of a knotted Swan-Ganz catheter.

Nonsurgical removal of a knotted pulmonary artery catheter.

Though controversy exists regarding the utility of pulmonary artery catheters (PAC), their use persists in select patients. Knotting of these catheters upon insertion is a rare but serious complication. We present 2 cases of coagulopathic patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation complicated by PAC knotting on attempted line placement. Both knotted PAC were successfully removed nonsu...