Simplified Method for Insertion of Steerable Guide into the Left Atrium Using a Pigtail Guide Wire During the MitraClip(®) Procedure: A Technical Tip.

Evaluation of Nasogastric Tube Insertion with or without Guide Wire during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Imam Reza AJA Hospital

Purpose: According to frequent needs to gastric decompression by nasogastric tube insertion during laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, the current comparative study was accomplished through single blind clinical trial considering both the presence and the absence of guide wire insertion. Materials and Methods: Twenty patients were selected for elective surgery of laparoscopic Cholecystectomywith ...

حل مشکل جاگذاری کاتتر ورید مرکزی با استفاده از کاتتر وریدی: مقاله تکنیکال

Insertion of central venous catheter is an accepted method for hemodynamic monitor-ring, drug and fluid administration, intravenous access, hemodialysis and applying cardiac pace-maker in hospitalized patients. This procedure can be associated with severe complications. The aim of this article is to provide a practical approach to prevent catheter malposition in states that the guide wire will ...

Intrapelvic Protrusion of a Broken Guide Wire Fragment during Fixation of a Femoral Neck Fracture

Breakage of DHS guide wire during surgery and its migration into the pelvis through the hip joint is a rare complication and its removal can be very challenging for the surgeon. We share our experience of a similar case wherein we used an ‘iliofemoral’ approach to successfully remove the broken transfixing guidewire from the hip joint. Although iliofemoral approach is similar to the lateral win...

Steerable antegrade stenting: a new trick of the trade.

INTRODUCTION Whereas a retrograde attempt to insert an indwelling stent is performed in lithotomy position, usually renal access is gained in a prone position. To overcome the time loss of patient repositioning, a renal puncture can be performed in a modified lithotomy position with torqued truncus and slightly elevated flank. There is a two-fold advantage of this position: transurethral and tr...

Guide Wire J-Tip Technique for Easy Exchange of In Situ Endotracheal Tubes