Retrieval of an intra-cardiac embolised very long wire via transhepatic access from a war victim child

Abstract

AbstractWe present the case report of a war victim child with severe burn scars, orthopnoea, and dyspnoea due to diffuse pulmonary thromboembolism. During ICU stay, a central venous catheter’s 45-mm wire embolised into the heart. The embolised wire was successfully removed via transhepatic access through the creation of an artificial simple snare.