Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) Academic Journal of Surgery 2423-3218 2 1-2 2015 10 05 27 29 EN Nasir Fakhar Department of General Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Negar Mashoori Department of General Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2015 10 05 2015 10 05 Large vessels injury is a rare but serious complication of percutaneous central venous catheter placement, which can be fatal. Herein a case of right innominate vein perforation during right internal jugular permcatheter placement - resulted in thoracotomy because of patient’s hemodynamic instability - is reported. https://ajs.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ajs/article/view/24 https://ajs.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ajs/article/download/24/24