Percutaneous retrieval of a deformed guidewire by a modified snaring technique.
An attempt to percutaneously remove a guidewire from the inferior vena cava was hampered by kinks developing in the wire during snaring. A modified technique was adopted that permitted its retrieval, obviating the need for a formal venotomy.
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Department of Radiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Phadke
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Kumar
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Rastogi
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Baijal
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D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior