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. 2020 Oct-Dec;14(4):554-556.
doi: 10.4103/sja.SJA_108_20. Epub 2020 Sep 24.

Yet another lost guide wire

Prakash K Dubey  1 , Ranjan Rahul  1 , Alok K Bharti  1
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Yet another lost guide wire

Prakash K Dubey et al. Saudi J Anaesth. 2020 Oct-Dec.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
(a) X-ray showing the retained guidewire. (b) Guidewire (inset) being removed
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