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Non-surgical extraction of a broken catheter sheath lodged in the right atrium, using a Dormia ureteral stone dislodger.
  1. P L Wahi,
  2. K K Talwar,
  3. R P Sapru

    Abstract

    A broken Desillets Hoffman (DH) sheath which had lodged in the right atrium was extracted with the help of a Dormia ureteral stone dislodger. A critical appraisal of various non-surgical methods used so far to remove foreign bodies from the heart and great vessels is presented.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.44.3.349

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