title: Retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies using a modified bronchoscopic forceps.
abstract: The author describes a specially designed, versatile forceps which allows rapid percutaneous retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies when used with a steerable catheter. The technique has been successful in 6 cases, and there have been no complications.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta; D001808:Blood Vessels; D020680:Bronchoscopes; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006503:Hepatic Veins; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D013350:Subclavian Vein