title: Abdominal pain due to a lost guidewire: a case report.
abstract: A lost guidewire is a hazardous, yet completely preventable, and rare complication associated with central venous catheter insertion. Here, we report a case of a lost guidewire in a patient presented with persistent abdominal pain. The guidewire was retrieved completely during a surgical operation after the diagnosis had been confirmed by radiologic studies. Following some tips during insertion of a central venous catheter will help to prevent this mortal complication or at least, in rapid diagnosis of its loss. Interventional radiologic techniques are now readily used to retrieve a lost guidewire.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. rtaslimi@tums.ac.ir
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Taslimi
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Safari
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kazemeini
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aminian
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Joneidi
authors.forename: Farnoosh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Larti