@article{MAP10992,
author = {Daniel Westby and Aine Daly and Tim Scanlon and Michael O’Reilly},
title = {AB023. SOH26AB_0111. Balloon snare technique for the retrieval of an abandoned chest tube guidewire: a case report and review of the literature},
journal = {Mesentery and Peritoneum},
volume = {10},
number = {0},
year = {2026},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Percutaneous chest drains are inserted for a variety of pleural pathologies and by a variety of medical specialties. The Seldinger technique allows for the safe and controlled insertion of chest tubes, and guidewire-associated complications are considered rare. A lost guidewire is considered a “never event”. Literature describing the retrieval of lost guidewires within the thorax necessitates major open cardiothoracic surgery. This case describes an alternative approach for the retrieval of a retained guidewire which occurred during insertion of a chest tube for a large volume pneumothorax.},
issn = {2616-2725}, url = {https://map.amegroups.org/article/view/10992}
}