title: A safe percutaneous method to recanalize sharp venous occlusions that resist the passage of guidewires.
abstract: It is occasionally necessary to cross a sharp venous occlusion (a thin web of tissue without a lumen) and sometimes it is not possible to cross the stricture with a wire, so puncturing it with a sheathed needle is then required to enable stenting. Other methods have been reviewed; however, we think this balloon technique makes it a safer procedure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Imaging Services, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. calinda.borowiec1@health.wa.gov.au
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Cameron
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D011677:Punctures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology