[Percutaneous transvenous recovery of foreign bodies using a self-made wire loop].
OBJECTIVE
Several techniques exist to retrieve catheter and guide wire fragments. In this report we summarize our cost-saving method.


METHODS
A 7-8F guiding catheter and a self-made loop consisting of a 260 cm/0.035 in. Terumowire was used.


RESULTS
45 of 48 fragments were retrieved completely using this method. For the three remaining fragments (all pacemaker electrodes), retrieval was attempted with a "Goose-Neck" loop, two of them failed. The procedure was well tolerated, there were no severe complications.


CONCLUSIONS
Usually venous foreign bodies can be retrieved completely by this cost-saving method, the use of expensive industrial loops or baskets can be avoided.
Thalhammer
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Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Klinikum der J. W. Goethe Universität Frankfurt. axelthalhammer@hotmail.com
Jacobi
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Balzer
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Schwarz
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Engelmann
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Vogl
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D000792:Angiography; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery*