title: Percutaneous retrieval of a fractured dialysis catheter using a balloon.
abstract: Intravascular foreign bodies can cause serious complications and catheter fracture with or without embolization is a rare, serious event. Intravascular fragments from broken catheters can be retrieved percutaneously or surgically, and should be removed as soon as possible to prevent further lethal complications. A gooseneck loop snare is the most popular device for endovascular retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies. Herein, we present the first report of successful percutaneous retrieval of a fractured catheter using a balloon.
authors.affiliation:  Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon - South Korea.
authors.forename: Su Nam
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation:  Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon - South Korea.
authors.forename: Min Seop
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.affiliation:  Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon - South Korea.
authors.forename: Ki-Dong
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Yoo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D062905:Central Venous Catheters; D020878:Device Removal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging