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Am J Perinatol 1998; 15(2): 93-95
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-993905
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© 1998 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Umbilical Venous Catheter Retrieval Under Fluoroscopy in a Very Low-Birth-Weight Infant

Luc P. Brion1 , Andrew Kerr2 , Gerard Weinberg3 , Harold Goldman4
  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York
  • 2Department of Radiology, Division of Intervention Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York
  • 3Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York
  • 4Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York
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ABSTRACT

In a very low-birth-weight infant, we retrieved a ruptured umbilical venous catheter by umbilical cutdown and using a wire-loop under fluoroscopy.

Keywords

Infant, newborn - umbilical catheterization - embolization - radiography, interventional