Retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies with the snare and catheter capture technique

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 1992 Aug;3(3):581-2. doi: 10.1016/s1051-0443(92)72020-x.

Abstract

The authors report two cases of retrieval of iatrogenically placed intravascular metallic foreign bodies: a guide wire in the abdominal aorta and a guide-wire fragment in the inferior vena cava. The foreign bodies were retrieved with use of a new approach described as the "snare and catheter capture technique." This technique is useful with guide wires that are too stiff to safely remove doubled over.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aorta, Abdominal*
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Vena Cava, Inferior*