Unusual site of guide-wire entrapment during central venous catheterization

Authors

Muhammad Qamarul Hoda, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Gurmukh Das
Khadija Ahmed Mamsa
Hameedullah Salimullah

Document Type

Report

Department

Anaesthesia

Abstract

We are reporting a case of possible entrapment of guide wire in the region of tricuspid valve, which made it impossible to remove the guide wire from internal jugular (IJ) vein for a short while. Awareness about this rare complication is emphasized.

Publication (Name of Journal)

Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

Recommended Citation

Hoda, M. Q., Das, G., Mamsa, K. A., Salimullah, H. (2006). Unusual site of guide-wire entrapment during central venous catheterization. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, 56(3), 139-141.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_anaesth/322