Re: J-tip wire entrapment in a vena cava filter during central line placement

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 461-462

  Mincheff, Thomas V ^a  

^a Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BLEEDING; CATHETER REMOVAL; CATHETERIZATION; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LETTER; OPERATING ROOM; PNEUMOTHORAX; SEPSIS; VENA CAVA FILTER; AGED; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MALE;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 33745352882     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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