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Abstract
Central venous catheterisation (CVC) is a common bedside invasive procedure done in medical practice. Even though it is a safe procedure when done with ultrasound guidance, difficulties and complications do occur even in experienced hands. Here, we describe the difficulties encountered in the form of the breakage of the guidewire while inserting a CVC in a patient with sickle cell disease.
Keywords
Catheterisation
central venous
Sickle cell disease
Mishap
guidewire
Case report
Oman.
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Tawfic, Q. A., Bhakta, P., Burad, J., Mishra, P., & Kausalya, R. (2011). Complications of Central Venous Catheterisation : Breakage of guidewire-a disaster averted. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 11(4), 519–521. Retrieved from https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squmj/article/view/1635