title: Percutaneous retrieval of an intrathecal foreign body: technical note.
abstract: A 58-year-old man had an intrathecal baclofen pump implanted. A guidewire used during removal of a previously placed lumbar drain catheter fractured, and a fragment was left within the thecal sac. Using fluoroscopic guidance, a loop snare device was used to retrieve the intrathecal foreign body successfully and without complication. The pump was placed without any difficulty, and the patient's hospital course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, LSUHSC, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manix
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, LSUHSC, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilden
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, LSUHSC, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Hugo H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Cuellar-Saenz
mesh_terms: D057785:Catheters; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000601:surgery*; D013346:Subarachnoid Space
keywords: Catheter; Complication; Intervention; Technique; guidewire