Decreased tensile strength of an epidural catheter during its removal by grasping with a hemostat
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I Nishio1, M Sekiguchi, Y Aoyama
1Department of Anesthesia, National Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan. nishio+@pitt.edu
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|June 29, 2001
Implications:
Our case suggests that gripping an epidural catheter with a hemostat during the removal might result in accidental breakage of the catheter. To demonstrate the effect of the use of a hemostat, tensile strengths of catheters were measured while they were being held with either a stainless steel or rubber-sleeved hemostat.
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