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case_images: Indwelling steel wire and separated polyurethane catheter at the supraclavicular plexus.
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case_images: After removal of the sterile draping, the responsible pain nurse withdrew the catheter using gentle traction but stopped immediately when she noticed catheter separation (see Figure 1).
case_images: Computed tomography scan (frontal view) of residual metal wire.
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case_images: In the CT scan (see Figure 2), the residual wire was shown starting from beneath the skin lying backwards and ending next to the supraclavicular plexus (but not within the fascicles) without relevant kinking or coiling.
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