Open AccessBroken guidewire during subclavian venous catheterization
Author(s) -
Lin ChihYuan,
Hsu YuJuei,
Hong GouJieng,
Tsai ChienSung,
Lin ShihHua
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
dialysis & transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1932-6920
pISSN - 0090-2934
DOI - 10.1002/dat.20040
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , subclavian vein , femoral vein , right atrium , hemodialysis , superior vena cava , cardiac catheterization , radiology , catheter
The use of cuffed tunneled hemodialysis catheters has become commonplace these days, but such use may be associated with certain known risks and complications. We report a catheterization of a right subclavian central vein that became complicated by a break in and entrapment of the guidewire used for the procedure. The proximal portion of the broken guidewire remained in the inferior vena cava and the distal portion in the right atrium. An angled wire loop retriever was used to remove the guidewire through the right femoral vein.