Seek and you shall find—retrieval of a retained fractured intravenous cannula by Z-plasty incision: a case report

Peripheral venous cannulation is a common invasive procedure. Fracture of an intravenous cannula rare and under-reported complication peripheral cannulation. Embolization the fragment into central system potentially fatal. Urgent surgical retrieval, which performed through transverse or longitudinal incision, treatment choice. We herein present use Z-plasty incision for retrieval retained fractured in 61-year-old Nigerian man on hemodialysis chronic kidney disease. The major benefits this innovation are facilitation access exploration prevention joint contracture.