Repositioning of covered stents: the grip technique.
BACKGROUND
Retrieval and repositioning of a stent deployed beyond its intended target region may be a difficult technical challenge.


METHODS
A balloon-mounted snare technique, a variant of the coaxial loop snare technique, is described.


RESULTS
The technique is described for the repositioning of a covered transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt stent and a covered biliary stent.


CONCLUSIONS
The balloon-mounted snare technique is a useful technique for retrieval of migrated stents.
McMaster University Medical Center, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada. johnkirby@ireland.com
John Martin
JM
Kirby
Xiao Feng
XF
Guo
Mehran
M
Midia
D000368:Aged; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D015607:Stents