These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Percutaneous removal of intravascular fragments from infusion, angiography and cerebrospinal fluid drainage catheters with the loop-snare technic].
    Author: Weber J, Sartor K.
    Journal: Chirurg; 1980 Nov; 51(11):711-6. PubMed ID: 7471940.
    Abstract:
    Intravascular loss of catheter fragments (for infusion, angiographic, or CSF shunting purposes) represents a serious complication. There is a high morbidity rate and even mortality when the foreign body remains within the vascular system. Nonsurgical percutaneous removal of 16 catheter fragments from the venous side and 1 Gianturco coil from the abdominal aorta by use of a catheter sheath introducer system and the loop-snare technique is reported. If there is no local thrombosis, fragment recovery is relatively easy. Surgical intervention should be resorted to only when percutaneous removal turns out to be impossible.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]