title: The balloon retriever technique.
abstract: We report a 50-year-old woman with a large supraophthalmic aneurysm. An attempt was made to treat this by endovascular occlusion of the distal internal carotid artery with coils but they could not be placed satisfactorily. During withdrawal a coil became stuck, stretched and finally detached inside the guiding catheter. It was salvaged easily with a balloon retriever technique. This seems to be a useful way to remove stretched coils.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, University of Freiburg, Breisacher Strasse 64, 79106, Freiburg, Germany. SCHU@nz.ukl.uni-freiburg.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schumacher
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berlis
mesh_terms: D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002404:Catheterization; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged