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Table 1 Reports of intravenous misplacement of a nephrostomy tube

From: Intravenous misplacement of the nephrostomy catheter following percutaneous nephrostolithotomy: two case reports and literature review

Author

No./sex/age

Side

Catheter

Catheter withdrawl

Operation type

Location

Subsequent treatment

Dias Filho, et al.

1/F/63

L

Foley catheter

1-step under fluoroscopy

Catheter placement

Renal vein, IVC

Second PCNL

Shaw G, et al.

2/M54

R

Nephrostomy tube

2-step under fluoroscopy

PCNL

Renal vein

Exploratory

Mazzucchi E, et al.

3/M/52

L

Nephrostomy tube

1-step under fluoroscopy

PCNL

Renal vein

No

Mazzucchi E, et al.

4/F/35

L

Nephrostomy tube

2-step under fluoroscopy

PCNL

Renal vein, IVC

No

Li, et al.

5/F/32

L

Nephrostomy tube

2-step under fluoroscopy

PCNL

Renal vein, IVC

No

CJ,Wang, et al.

6/F/66

L

Nephrostomy tube

1-step under fluoroscopy

PCNL

Renal vein

No

Kotb, et al.

7/M/50

L

Foley catheter

1-step open pyelotomy

Catheter placement

Renal vein, IVC

Open pyelotomy

XF Chen, et al.

8/M/42

L

Nephrostomy tube

2-step under CT guide

PCNL

Renal vein, IVC

Second PCNL

XF Chen, et al.

9/F/38

L

Nephrostomy tube

2-step under fluoroscopy

PCNL

Renal vein, IVC

Simultanuous PCNL

XF Chen, et al.

10/M/48

L

Nephrostomy tube

1-step under ultrasound

PCNL

Renal vein

Second PCNL

  1. PCNL percutaneous nephrostolithotomy, M male, F female, L left, R right, IVC inferior vena cava