[Nonsurgical removal of iatrogenic intracardiac foreign bodies. A study in a 5-month-old infant].
The development of new techniques and special catheter instruments permit iatrogenically embolized polyethylene catheter fragments to be retrieved nonsurgically. A case is reported in which a fragment of a central venous catheter was removed from the right atrium and ventricle by a DORMIA catheter in a 5-month-old child. The literature concerning nonsurgical retrieval of catheters is reviewed and indications for removal and complications discussed.
Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Wien.
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Lachmann
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Fitzal
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Horcher
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007223:Infant
Nicht-operative Entfernung iatrogener intrakardialer Fremdkörper. Eine Beobachtung bei einem fünf Monate alten Säugling.