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An unusual problem during surgical removal of a broken guidewire
L Maat1, L A van Herwerden, M van den Brand
1Department of Cardio-Pulmonary Surgery, Dijkzigt Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
At operation, it proved impossible using traction alone to remove an angioplasty guidewire that was lodged in an intermediate artery. The problem was solved by passing a Teflon catheter over the wire, thus protecting the left main coronary artery while freeing the entrapped distal end of the guidewire.