Unsuspected retained 60-cm intravenous guidewire.
We report a case of a retained 60-cm intravenous guidewire that had inadvertently slipped into a patient during preoperative central line placement. This unsuspected guidewire was unrecognized on postoperative chest and abdominal radiographs, but was subsequently diagnosed much later at computed tomography. After 150 days within the patient, the guidewire was retrieved percutaneously without complication.
Cassie
Conrad D
CD
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Ginsberg
Michelle S
MS
Panicek
David M
DM
D000368:Aged; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011859:Radiography