Vasc Spec Int.  2020 Mar;36(1):. 10.5758/vsi.2020.36.1.45.

Endovascular Removal of Entrapped Central Venous Catheter Guide Wire

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  • 1Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Rouhani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

Abstract

I present the case of a 24-year-old female patient with a guidewire entrapment during central venous catheter insertion. At first, open surgery was considered to remove the entrapped guidewire; however, after vascular surgery consult, it was removed by a simple endovascular procedure described below in detail.

Keyword

Central venous catheters; Endovascular procedures; Guidewire entrapment
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