OPERATIVE REPORT PATIENT: Gordon Miller SURGEON: Robert C. Downey, MD PROCEDURE PERFORMED: Central venous access placement. INDICATION: Massive gastrointestinal bleed.
OPERATIVE REPORT PATIENT: Gordon Miller SURGEON: Robert C. Downey, MD PROCEDURE PERFORMED: Central venous access placement. INDICATION: Massive gastrointestinal bleed. The procedure was done emergently because of the patient’s critical condition. His right IJ area was prepped in the usual fashion. It was very difficult to visualize his right IJ vein, even though his habitus…