Successful Retrieval of a Fractured Guidewire during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator Insertion.
10.3904/kjm.2015.89.5.553
- Author:
Ji Hoon MOON
1
;
Hee Kyung KIM
;
Seong Mi MOON
;
Jee Eun PARK
;
Seong Gyu BYEON
;
Taek Kyu PARK
;
Jeong Hoon YANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jeonghoon.yang@samsung.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Guidewire;
Device failure;
Device removal;
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- MeSH:
Catheters;
Device Removal;
Equipment Failure;
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation;
Femoral Vein;
Inflation, Economic;
Membranes*;
Oxygenators, Membrane*
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2015;89(5):553-557
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Recently, the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has evolved rapidly and there is potential for expanding its use. There are many complications associated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, but the fracture of a guidewire has been reported to be very rare during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation insertion. We describe our experience of successfully removing a fractured 0.038-inch guidewire using a catheter wedge with balloon inflation following a fracture that occurred during insertion of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation through the left femoral vein.
