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Peripherally inserted central catheter fracture and migration

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This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the First People’s Hospital of Kashi Prefecture. Patient permission for this publication was obtained.

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  1. Huajin Liu and Ya Qiu contributed equally to the work.

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  1. Department of Radiology, The Fifth Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

    Huajin Liu & Guojie Wang

  2. Department of Radiology, The First People’s Hospital of Kashi Prefecture, Kashi Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

    Huajin Liu, Ya Qiu & Guojie Wang

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Liu, H., Qiu, Y. & Wang, G. Peripherally inserted central catheter fracture and migration. Intern Emerg Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-024-03587-7

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