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Facilitating difficult catheter passage.

D H Rosenbaum·G G Degnan
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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.

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D H Rosenbaum, G G Degnan. 1993. Facilitating difficult catheter passage.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8474780/

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