title: Retrieving a malpositioned tracheobronchial stent utilizing Amplatz gooseneck snare: a case report.
abstract: Tracheobronchial stents play a major role in the management of tracheobronchial stenoses and/or bronchomalacia. A very few techniques have been described in literature to remove misplaced or malpositioned tracheobronchial stents. This is a case report describing a technique to retrieve a malpositioned stent utilizing Amplatz gooseneck snare.
authors.affiliation: Medical Imaging, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon SK S7N0W8, Canada. bkapoo@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Baljendra S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rathmann
authors.forename: Shawn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shrawny
authors.forename: Jordan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dunitz
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D020878:Device Removal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*