Balloon sandwich technique for retrieval of fractured delivery wire of pipeline stent

Interv Neuroradiol. 2018 Feb;24(1):40-42. doi: 10.1177/1591019917732287. Epub 2017 Oct 24.

Abstract

Delivery wire fracture of flow-diverter stents are rare but have been described. We describe a video case of a successful technique to retrieve such a fractured delivery wire by using a balloon microcatheter and the intermediate catheter when other proven methods may fail.

Keywords: Complication; pipeline; wire fracture.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Catheters / adverse effects*
  • Cerebral Angiography*
  • Device Removal*
  • Equipment Failure
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Ophthalmic Artery*
  • Stents / adverse effects*