Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2763208 | Journal of Clinical Anesthesia | 2012 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Guidewires are routinely used in the Seldinger technique during central venous catheter placement. A case in which a guidewire was unsuspectingly released and retained in a patient during the catheterization of the internal jugular vein is presented. Physicians from multiple services subsequently failed to detect the retained guidewire on several chest radiographs; however, the guidewire was incidentally discovered after a computed tomographic scan was obtained.
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Authors
Yohan Song, Aram K. Messerlian, Rima Matevosian,