In situ formation of a loop snare for retrieval of a foreign body without a free end.
A technique is described that allowed percutaneous retrieval of an endoscopically placed, obstructed biliary stent using loop snare capture of an angled hydrophilic wire which was wrapped around the stent initially.
Savader
S J
SJ
Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Blalock 545, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Brodkin
J
J
Osterman
F A
FA
D000328:Adult; D001652:Bile Ducts; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents