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Retrieval of Broken Paravertebral Catheter by Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery
¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Grantham Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

For reprint information contact: Alan DL Sihoe, FRCSEd(CTh), Tel: 852 2518 2699, Fax: 852 2647 3512, Email: adls1{at}lycos.com, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Grantham Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Aberdeen, Hong Kong SAR, China.

A paravertebral catheter was placed in a 34-year-old man to provide analgesia after a right upper lobectomy. On removal, the catheter broke within the chest wall. Although bedside exploration and computed tomography scanning failed to locate it, the 13-cm long retained fragment was easily retrieved by video-assisted thoracic surgery, using a single-port technique.