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Facilitating difficult catheter passage
1Orthopaedic Department, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
Orthopaedic Review
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
Passage of a flexible catheter into a septic flexor tendon sheath can be difficult and time consuming because of the catheter's pliability. This article discusses a technique for converting the flexible catheter into a semirigid stylet.