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Inadvertent embolization of guide wires and catheter fragments are relatively common due to the widespread usage of central venous catheters. A variety of percutaneous techniques has been proposed to retrieve intravascular foreign bodies. The majority of described methods have been dependent on a free end or exposed portion of the foreign body to grasp, snare, or hook. We report the simple use of a balloon catheter to relocate a catheter fragment without a free end that was wedged into a small pulmonary branch to a larger branch. In the larger branch, the fragment was then easily engaged with a standard snare device.
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Smith, J.C., Black, M.D. & Smith, D.C. Occlusion Balloon Catheter-Assisted Removal of a Wedged Catheter Fragment Without a Free End from a Pulmonary Artery. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 32, 1308–1311 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-009-9512-z
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