Removal of a Hickman catheter using a laser sheath

A 31‐year‐old female with 10 years indwelled Hickman catheter for idiopathic pulmonary hypertension presented infectious findings. We decided to remove it but simple traction did not work. Although it was an off labeled use, we could remove it using a laser sheath and snare technique without any com...

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Autores principales: Le, Kien Vo, Okamura, Hideo, Homma, Takehiro, Ohgo, Takeshi, Noda, Takashi, Kusano, Kengo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6373650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30805062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joa3.12147
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Sumario:A 31‐year‐old female with 10 years indwelled Hickman catheter for idiopathic pulmonary hypertension presented infectious findings. We decided to remove it but simple traction did not work. Although it was an off labeled use, we could remove it using a laser sheath and snare technique without any complication.

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