title: Percutaneous retrieval of a partially expanded iliac artery stent: case report.
abstract: A partially expanded, intraluminal, balloon-expandable Palmaz vascular stent was retrieved percutaneously in a 48-year-old woman after attempted placement across a common iliac artery stenosis. A pinhole in the balloon prevented expansion, and the stent could not be stabilized to allow balloon exchange. The stent was snared by a 5Fr 4 mm balloon catheter replaced coaxially through the stent and then withdrawn into a 14Fr Amplatz sheath which had been percutaneously placed in the external iliac artery. Open surgical removal of the stent was thus avoided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Voyvodic
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents