Retrieval of a guidewire introducer by catheter-capture from the proximal inferior vena cava: technical note.
We report a case of a retrieval of an iatrogenically placed guidewire introducer from the proximal stump of an obstructed inferior vena cava. The retrieval of the foreign body was achieved by a technique that we have named the "catheter-capture technique."
Kim
S H
SH
Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea.
Song
I S
IS
Kim
J H
JH
Park
J H
JH
Han
M C
MC
D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013396:Suction; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior