Percutaneous retrieval of a central venous catheter sutured to the wall of the inferior vena cava.
A central venous catheter was sutured to the wall of the inferior vena cava in a 20-year-old male undergoing retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy for malignant testicular germ cell tumor. We succeeded in retrieving the catheter percutaneously, using a combination of loop-snare wire and myocardial biopsy forceps.
Kanazawa
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Department of Radiology, Okayama University, Medical School, Japan.
Yasui
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Hiraki
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D000328:Adult; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods*; D013537:Sutures; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior