Rescuing an Entrapped Guidewire Using a Tornus Catheter

Successive cases of an entrapped arterial catheter guidewire in separate patients on the same day.

To the Editor, We share our recent experiences with the Arrow International radial artery catheterization set (Ref RA04020, Reading, PA, USA). After general anesthesia was induced and our patient’s left radial artery was positioned and prepared, we introduced the Arrow catheter set into the site. Bright red blood was observed in the back flow tube that houses the guidewire. The guidewire was th...

A misplaced and entrapped pulmonary artery catheter

Corresponding author: Ho-Geol Ryu, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehag-ro, Jongro-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2072-2065, Fax: 82-2-747-5639, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

Successful Retrieval of an Entrapped Rotablator Burr by Using a Guideliner Guiding Catheter and a Snare.

Although burr entrapment is a rare complication of rotablation, it is extremely difficult to retrieve a stuck entrapped burr without surgical intervention. There are several techniques typically employed to retrieve an entrapped burr, using bailout endovascular approaches. Herein we have presented a new retrieval method involving a Guideliner child-in-mother catheter combined with a snare, whic...

The entrapped central venous catheter.

The central venous catheter (CVC) is associated with numerous complications more so during the process of insertion. We report for the first time how an indwelling catheter was entrapped by a replacement catheter on the same side, after being speared by the introducer needle and guidewire. The diagnosis was made when there was difficulty in removing the old catheter. Subsequently, interventiona...

Entrapped central venous catheter guide wire