Prague Med. Rep. 2019, 120, 18-23

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2019.7

Immediate Removal of an Entrapped Central Venous Catheter Guide Wire

Jan Bruthans1,2, Stanislav Trča3

1Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
2Department of Biomedical Technology, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
3First Department of Surgery – Department of Abdominal, Thoracic Surgery and Traumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Received November 30, 2018
Accepted May 2, 2019

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