Facilitating difficult catheter passage.
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.
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Orthopaedic Department, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
Degnan
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D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000628:therapy*