BACKGROUND Catheter entrapment due to severe radial artery spasm (RAS) during transradial coronary catheterization has been rarely reported and its management is not precisely defined. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence, predictors and management of catheter entrapment due to severe RAS. METHODS A total of 723 patients undergoing transradial coronary catheterization at a sin...

Failure to withdraw a catheter is related primarily to catheter entrapment or knotting. Placement of a Swan-Ganz catheter is associated with various complications, one of which is entrapment. Entrapment of a Swan-Ganz catheter in the heart, vena cava, or pulmonary artery is a very rare and serious complication that may lead to life-threatening complications if not treated appropriately. Most re...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study. PURPOSE The aim of present study was to investigate imaging findings suggestive of cauda equina entrapment in thoracolumbar and lumbar burst fractures. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Burst fractures with cauda equina entrapment can cause neurologic deterioration during surgery. However, dural tears and cauda equina entrapment are very difficult to diagnose clinic...

BACKGROUND Persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is dissatisfying to the patient and frustrating to the surgeon. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the aseptic causes and clinical course of intractable pain following TKA. METHODS Of the total 2,534 cases of primary TKA reviewed, 178 cases were classified as having aseptic persistent pain that was not resolved within 1 year...

Abstract Aim Post-pancreatectomy bleeding which may be a potentially fatal complication, usually resulting from the erosion of regional visceral arteries mainly hepatic artery and stump gastro-duodenal artery, caused by leak or fistula pancreatic anastomosis. The objective this article is to assess whether vessels wrapping omentum falciform/teres ligament following pancreaticoduodenectomy reduc...

Objective-To investigate whether "diseased nerves" are more prone to entrapment neuropathy than normal nerves. Nerve conduction studies of human neuropathies have shown that electrophysiological abnormalities are often most prominent at potential sites of nerve entrapment, and entrapments are more common in patients with radiculopathies-a concept designated as "double crush". As entrapment neur...

objective: amphotericin b (amb) is an ancient antifungal drug and proper for treatment of systemic fungal infection. unfortunately, this antibiotic has shown some side effects such as nephrotoxicity. therefore, recently new amb formulated has been prepared for reduced toxicity and increased effectiveness. materials and methods: amb nanocapsules prepared from polymers such as poly d, l-lactide-...

The purpose of this article is to review the anatomical features of the most common nerve entrapment sites of the brachial plexus and major peripheral nerves of the upper limb. In this account, the term "entrapment" is considered to be caused by compression, tension, or friction, or any combination of these factors. The anatomy, including important relationships of the brachial plexus, is revie...