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Retrieving a Malpositioned Tracheobronchial Stent Utilizing Amplatz Gooseneck Snare: A Case Report

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Tracheobronchial stents play a major role in the management of tracheobronchial stenoses and/or bronchomalacia. A very few techniques have been described in literature to remove misplaced or malpositioned tracheobronchial stents. This is a case report describing a technique to retrieve a malpositioned stent utilizing Amplatz gooseneck snare.

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  1. Medical Imaging, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon SK S7N0W8, Canada

    Baljendra S Kapoor

  2. Dept. of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Greg Rathmann

  3. Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shawn Shrawny & David Hunter

  4. Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Jordan Dunitz

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Kapoor, B., Rathmann, G., Shrawny, S. et al. Retrieving a Malpositioned Tracheobronchial Stent Utilizing Amplatz Gooseneck Snare: A Case Report. CVIR 27, 291–293 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-003-4074-y

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