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.
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
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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