Percutaneous retrieval of a broken silastic catheter from the left atrium in a critically ill premature infant

✍ Scribed by Massin, Martial ;Lombet, Jacques ;Rigo, Jacques

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 65 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-6569
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199712)42:4<409::aid-ccd15>3.0.co;2-e

✦ Synopsis

A critically ill premature neonate (birthweight 1,395 g, gestational age 30 wk) had a broken silastic catheter lodged in the left atrium. We successfully retrieved the foreign body by percutaneous approach using a helical basket catheter under echocardiographic control. Such a therapeutical option for a broken, lightly radiopaque catheter has not been previously described in very low birthweight, critically ill infants.