title: Percutaneous removal of two self-expanding stent grafts following failed deployment.
abstract: Insertion of self-expanding stent grafts was attempted in two patients with venous obstruction following unsuccessful venoplasty. One patient with end-stage renal disease had stenosis at the caudal end of the previously placed stent in the right external iliac vein. The second patient was treated for occlusion of multiple stents in the left iliac vein. Two of the stent grafts failed deployment and were subsequently removed percutaneously. New stent grafts were inserted in the intended positions. Despite additional venous access sites with large caliber sheaths, required for retrieval of the failed stent grafts, there were no major complications.
authors.affiliation: Section of Vascular Surgery and Department of Interventional Radiology, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich., USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cwikiel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery