title: Successful Retrieval of the Detached Porous Metallic Tip of a Mechanical Aspiration Catheter during Thrombectomy in a Case with May-Thurner Syndrome: A Case Report.
abstract: Modern, minimally invasive techniques used to treat deep venous thrombosis, such as percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy (PMT) and catheter-directed thrombolysis, have gained worldwide acceptance. PMT has the advantage of speed and is also associated with improved outcomes, shortened hospital stays, and low complication rates. The main complications associated with PMT have been primarily due to iatrogenic vascular damage resulting in perforation, embolic occlusion, and arteriovenous fistula formation; to date, there has been no publication in the literature describing complications resulting from device failure. We present an unusual complication of PMT resulting from detachment of the catheter tip during thrombectomy and bailout technique employed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Yüzüncü Yıl University Hospital, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alpaslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Baskent University Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Çagatay
authors.initials: Ç
authors.lastname: Andiç
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Yüzüncü Yıl University Hospital, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali Kemal
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gür
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cemil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Göya
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Yüzüncü Yıl University Hospital, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aydın
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bora
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Yüzüncü Yıl University Hospital, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beyazal
keywords: May-Thurner syndrome; deep venous thrombosis; percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy