Endovascular Retrieval of a Fractured Umbilical Arterial Catheter in a Term Infant: A Rare Complication and its Management
Umbilical arterial catheters (UACs) are widely used in neonatal intensive care for haemodynamic monitoring and blood sampling. While complications such as thrombosis and infection are well recognised, catheter fracture is exceptionally rare but potentially life-threatening. We describe a term neonate with hypoxic-ischa...