title: An intra-arterial knotted guide wire.
abstract: Central access is essentially an integral part of critical care, both for invasive monitoring and therapeutic interventions. Seldinger technique is the method for the insertion of a central line. It requires the following steps: cannulation of vessel followed by guide wire insertion, dilation of the tract and the vessel and the insertion and securing of the central line followed its maintenance-each of this step has its own complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Sri Laksmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, 605021 India.
authors.forename: Bosco Chandra Kumar
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Asayas
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Sri Laksmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, 605021 India.
authors.forename: Prem Anand
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: John
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Sri Laksmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, 605021 India.
authors.forename: Sushrut
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takroo
keywords: Complication of catheter knotting; Knotted Seldinger wire; Knotted guide wire