Title: Successful Retrieval of a Dismembered Peripherally inserted central catheter in the pulmonary artery: using two-step approach
Authors: Dr Shashikant Singh, Dr Puja Singh, Dr Tutan Das
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v9i10.03
Abstract
Introduction
One of the complication of PICC is that it get dismembered[1]. It is due to intermittent compression of PICC between 1st rib and clavicle and between costoclavicular ligament and subclavian muscle. Fouty percent of dismembered catheter experienced embolisation[2].
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