title: Facilitating difficult catheter passage.
abstract: Passage of a flexible catheter into a septic flexor tendon sheath can be difficult and time consuming because of the catheter's pliability. This article discusses a technique for converting the flexible catheter into a semirigid stylet.
authors: Orthopaedic Department, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors: D H
authors: DH
authors: Rosenbaum
authors: G G
authors: GG
authors: Degnan
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000628:therapy*