Phrenic nerve injury after image-guided insertion of a tunnelled right internal jugular central venous catheter

Central venous catheters (CVC) are now commonly inserted by radiologists. Although complications are infrequent, they must be avoided where possible and recognized when they occur. We present a 10-year-old boy who developed right hemidiaphragmatic paralysis, requiring surgical plication, following U...

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