“Pigtail through snare” technique: an easy and fast way to retrieve a catheter fragment with inaccessible ends

“Pigtail through snare” technique: an easy and fast way to retrieve a catheter fragment with inaccessible ends

Abstract Background A catheter fragment with inaccessible ends can be retrieved using the well-known two-step method: making a free end with a pigtail catheter and seizing it with a snare catheter. Here we propose an easier and faster modification, named the “pigtail through snare” technique. Case p...

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Main Authors: Kensaku Mori, Chika Somagawa, Shun Kagaya, Masafumi Sakai, Satoshi Homma, Takahito Nakajima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-03-01
Series:CVIR Endovascular
Subjects:
Pigtail catheter
Snare catheter
Central venous catheter
Foreign body
Retrieval
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42155-021-00218-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s42155-021-00218-6

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