title: Successful percutaneous removal of broken umbilical vein catheter in a very low-birth-weight preterm infant.
abstract: A 28-week-old preterm infant with a birth weight of 1250 g had a broken segment of umbilical vein catheter (UVC) lodged in the right atrium. It was observed that a 7-cm fragment of catheter had migrated to the right atrium through the inferior vena cava. The catheter was successfully retrieved by fluoroscopically guided percutaneous cardiac catheterization, using a cobra catheter and snare wire, without complication. Fracture and embolization of UVC is a rare but serious complication. Presently described was a case of fractured and embolized UVC in a very low-birth-weight preterm infant, and its successful retrieval via percutaneous endovascular approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health and Diseases, Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey. drad813@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Atalay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demirel
authors.forename: Gülşah
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Güven
authors.forename: Füsun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Okan
authors.forename: Arda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saygılı
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D014471:Umbilical Veins