title: Endovascular rescue of a misshapen intracranial stent: report of two cases.
abstract: Inadvertent deformation and displacement of a fully deployed closed-cell intracranial nitinol stent may occur with manipulation of other devices through or beyond them. Such displaced and deformed stents may obstruct the lumen, risking formation of thromboemboli, and/or fail to no function as a scaffold to assist with coil embolization. We review two such cases whereby an Alligator retrieval device (ARD) (ev3, Irvine, California, USA) was used to salvage a deployed misshapen intracranial stent.
authors: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA. Michael_Chen@rush.edu
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Chen
authors: Lindsay
authors: L
authors: Goldstein-Smith
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D020878:Device Removal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*