title: An alternative and simple technique of guidewire retrieval in a failed Seldinger technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology; Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology; Trivandrum, Kerala, India; unnikp@sctimst.ac.in.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Unnikrishnan
authors.forename: Prabhat Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Raghunath S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Nalgirkar
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans
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