title: Percutaneous vascular foreign body retrieval: experience of an 11-year period.
abstract: Over an 11-year period, percutaneous retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies was performed in 12 patients, using urological forceps and retrieval baskets. No clinically significant complication occurred, success rate was 100%. Review of 176 cases from the literature showed a success rate of 90%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Dondelinger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lepoutre
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kurdziel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography; D001808:Blood Vessels; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures