Retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies with the snare and catheter capture technique.
The authors report two cases of retrieval of iatrogenically placed intravascular metallic foreign bodies: a guide wire in the abdominal aorta and a guide-wire fragment in the inferior vena cava. The foreign bodies were retrieved with use of a new approach described as the "snare and catheter capture technique." This technique is useful with guide wires that are too stiff to safely remove doubled over.
Park
J H
JH
Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Chongno-gu, Korea.
Yoon
D Y
DY
Han
J K
JK
Kim
S H
SH
Han
M C
MC
D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior