MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF BROKEN GUIDEWIRE: CASE REPORT

Conservative management of broken guidewire: Case reports

Fractures of coronary guidewires during percutaneous coronary intervention within a coronary vessel lumen are a rare but serious complication. There have been several cases reported in the literature, some managed with surgical intervention, others with medical therapy. We present two prospective cases from our center. Both cases were managed successfully with medical therapy.

Broken hand or broken nose: a case report.

Endoscopic Retrieval of a Broken Guidewire During Spinal Surgery.

Since the percutaneous posterolateral approach in treating lumbar disc herniation was introduced in 1973, percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) has become a routine minimally invasive spinal procedure. However, as clinical evidence accumulated, several complications of PELD have raised our concerns, including the intraoperative injury to neural, vascular structures and failure of sur...

Broken Heart Syndrome: A Case Report

Stress-induced cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a recently increasing diagnosed disease manifested by transient apical or mid left ventricular dilation and dysfunction. This sign is similar to acute myocardial infarction but without significant coronary artery stenosis. There are important and essential differences between Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and acute myocardial infarction in...

Conservative management of macrodontia: A Case Report

Macrodontia is a rare but cosmetically challenging dental anomaly. The following case report is described of a young girl with macrodontia central incisors who was treated with direct composite veneer and gingival color composite. The aesthetic outcome was satisfactory without unnecessary loss of teeth.