Broken umbilical artery catheter lodged in internal iliac artery: A rare case report of a serious complication and successful retrieval

Umbilical artery catheterization (UAC) is useful in managing sick newborns which help in frequent samplings for arterial blood gases, monitoring arterial blood pressures. Although UAC catherization is considered generally safe, various complications such as central line associated blood stream infection, arrhythmias, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and vessel perforation have been noticed in newborns. Here, we describe an accidental UAC fracture in our neonatal intensive care unit which was successfully retrieved (endovascular) without any complication at 1-month follow-up.