title: Percutaneous retrieval of broken silastic catheter from the left atrium in a critically Ill premature infant.
abstract: A critically ill premature neonate (birthweight 1,395 g, gestational age 30 wk) had a broken silastic catheter lodged in the left atrium. We successfully retrieved the foreign body by percutaneous approach using a helical basket catheter under echocardiographic control. Such a therapeutical option for a broken, lightly radiopaque catheter has not been previously described in very low birthweight, critically ill infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Liége, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Massin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lombet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rigo
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004452:Echocardiography; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers