The Cleveland Clinic Experience with Supraclavicular and Popliteal Ambulatory Nerve Catheters
Table 4
Other complications.
Age
Sex
Catheter
Duration (days)
Symptoms
Treatment
Comorbidities
30
F
SC
3
Retained catheter
Removed in ED by surgical extraction at bed side
Depression
62
M
SC
6
Retained catheter
Removed in ED by slight traction with no complication
Coronary artery disease (CAD)
68
F
SC
5
Small amount clear leakage at catheter insertion site
Resolved with reinforced dressing
Osteoarthritis, hypertension
57
M
SC
4
Leakage from catheter tubing
Catheter found to be disconnected at the hub, in ED catheter cleaned with chlorhexidine, cut with sterile scissors, sterile hub applied
Hypertension
70
M
SC
10
Shortness of breath (SOB)
Patient advised to turn off the pump and to go to hospital, chest X-ray showed pneumonia, started on antibiotics, catheter removed
CAD, hypertension
62
F
SC
3
SOB, dizziness, and sweating
Patient advised to turn off the pump and go to the emergency department. Found to have myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism. Catheter removed. Subsequently discharged home
