Percutaneous retrieval of an intrathecal foreign body: technical note

BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Oct 7:2014:bcr2014011429. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-011429.

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.

Keywords: Catheter; Complication; Intervention; Technique; guidewire.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Baclofen / therapeutic use
  • Equipment Failure
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / etiology
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infusion Pumps, Implantable / adverse effects
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Cord Injuries / drug therapy
  • Spine*

Substances

  • Baclofen