Percutaneous retrieval of an intravascular fluency stent-graft using a rigid alligator forceps: case report.
The author reports a case of a successful retrieval of a stent-graft in a young patient with a femoral dialysis graft. The stent-graft was used to treat a resistant occluded segment of the arterial limb of the graft. However, the stent-graft was inadvertently deployed partially into the superficial femoral artery. The stent-graft was successfully retrieved utilizing a rigid alligator forceps. The resulting dissection/thrombosis of the artery was managed successfully with transcatheter thrombolysis and the function of the dialysis graft was restored.
Alomari
Ahmad I
AI
Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA. ahmad.alomari@childrens.harvard.edu
D000792:Angiography; D003287:Contrast Media; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014654:Vascular Patency; D055815:Young Adult
D003287:Contrast Media