AI Article Synopsis
- An extremely premature infant, born at 24 weeks and weighing only 637 grams, had a piece of umbilical venous catheter (UVC) left inside after its removal.
- The catheter segment was detected on a chest X-ray and was successfully retrieved by interventional radiology when the infant was 10 days old, weighing 660 grams.
- This case is notable as it represents the smallest infant recorded to have had a catheter retrieved through a minimally invasive procedure via the femoral route.
Article Abstract
An extremely premature infant born at a gestational age 24 5/7 and birth weight of 637 g was found to have retained a distal segment of an umbilical venous catheter (UVC) on chest radiograph after removal of the UVC. The catheter was retrieved by interventional radiology on day 10 of life when the baby weighed 660 g. To our knowledge, this is the smallest baby reported to have successfully retrieved catheter percutaneously via femoral access.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6823817 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.09.006 | DOI Listing |
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