Open AccessNew technique for withdrawing broken sheath
Author(s) -
Süleyman Çağan Efe,
Ahmet Seyfeddin Gürbüz,
Emrah Acar,
Ayhan Küp,
Mehmet Yılmaz,
Alev Kılıçgedik,
Taylan Akgün,
Şule Öztürk,
Cevat Kırma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the egyptian heart journal /the egyptian heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.212
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2090-911X
pISSN - 1110-2608
DOI - 10.1016/j.ehj.2015.03.005
Subject(s) - medicine , balloon , surgery , forceps , catheter , complication , subclavian vein , radiology
A sheath that is broken inside vessel is a rare complication, and intravascular fragments from broken sheaths are retrieving transcutaneously by techniques including the loop snare catheter, basket catheter, and grasping/biopsy forceps. We reported a less common type of broken central venous sheath in location and a successful unique technique for retrieving it from subclavian vein by using noncompliant balloon from 40 year old female patient