Successful nonsurgical removal of a knot
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Mehta, Navneet ;Lochab, Samsher S. ;Tempe, Deepak K. ;Trehan, Vijay ;Nigam, Madh
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Knotting of a balloon-tipped, flow-directed catheter leading to difficulty in its removal is a rare but serious complication. Several methods have been used to remove such catheters with nonsurgical techniques. A case of knotted catheter that was also entrapped in a surgical suture in a patient unde