title: An in situ technique to retrieve an entrapped j-tip guidewire from an inferior vena cava filter.
abstract: Entrapment of a guidewire in the vena cava filter during central venous catheter placement is a newly recognized complication. Complex techniques have been described to free the guidewire. We describe a simple in situ technique that may free the guidewire without the application of complex techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA.
authors.forename: Muhammad A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Munir
authors.forename: Shelby Q
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Chien
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*