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Percutaneous transvenous extraction of a severed central venous catheter in the right atrium of a neonate

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A case of nonsurgical removal of a severed central venous catheter that was located in the right atrium by the percutaneous transfemoral loop method in a newborn is reported. Many percutaneous techniques have been described for nonsurgical removal of intravascular or intracardiac foreign bodies in adults with good success rates; we believe this is the first report in an 11-day-old neonate.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 194 Dongsang Dong, TAegu, Korea

    Soon-Ok Choi, Woo-Hyun Park & Joong-Shin Kang

  2. Department of Radiology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 194 Dongsang Dong, Taegu, Korea

    Seok-Kil Zeon

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Choi, SO., Park, WH., Kang, JS. et al. Percutaneous transvenous extraction of a severed central venous catheter in the right atrium of a neonate. Pediatr Surg Int 6, 393–394 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00178670

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