Seldinger technique
(redirected from Seldinger method)Sel·din·ger tech·nique
(sel'ding-gĕr),a method of percutaneous insertion of a catheter into a blood vessel or space. A needle is used to puncture the structure and a guide wire is threaded through the needle; when the needle is withdrawn, a catheter is threaded over the wire; the wire is then withdrawn, leaving the catheter in place.
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Seldinger technique
A generic eponymous term for any guidewire procedure, named after Swedish radiologist Dr Sven-Ivar Seldinger (1921–1998), who introduced the procedure in 1953, which allows safe access to blood vessels and hollow organs. Seldinger techniques entail percutaneous puncture with a trocar or needle, tract or vessel dilation as needed, advancement of a guidewire and removal of the trocar. A “sheath” or blunt cannula can then be passed over the guidewire into the cavity or vessel of interest (alternatively, drainage tubes are passed over the guidewire, as in chest drains or nephrostomies); after passing a sheath of tube, the guidewire is withdrawn.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
Sel·din·ger tech·nique
(sel'ding-er tek-nēk')A method of percutaneous insertion of a catheter into a blood vessel or space, such as an abscess cavity: a needle is used to puncture the structure and a guide wire is threaded through the needle; when the needle is withdrawn, a catheter is threaded over the wire; the wire is then withdrawn, leaving the catheter in place.
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Seldinger,
Sven Ivar, Swedish radiologist, 1921–.Seldinger cardiac catheterization
Seldinger catheter
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Seldinger needle
Seldinger retrograde wire
Seldinger technique - a method of percutaneous insertion of a catheter into an artery or vein.
Seldinger wire
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