Foreign body abscess caused by a remaining piece of an umbilical arterial catheter in a 3-year old girl

• Main Authors: Jonathan Hencke (Author), Ibrahim Onur Özen (Author), Ammar Alazki (Author), Steffan Loff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Since the 1960s umbilical catheterization has been a common method for vascular access, both arterial [1] and venous [2], in the sick newborn. Increased utilization of this procedure has demonstrated a number of complications including catheter related sepsis [3], thrombotic and embolic events [5],...