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Int J Angiol 2016; 25(05): e32-e36
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1389260
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Successful Retrieval of the Detached Porous Metallic Tip of a Mechanical Aspiration Catheter during Thrombectomy in a Case with May–Thurner Syndrome: A Case Report

Alpaslan Yavuz
1   Department of Interventional Radiology, Yüzüncü Yıl University Hospital, Van, Turkey
,
Çagatay Andiç
2   Department of Interventional Radiology, Baskent University Hospital, Adana, Turkey
,
Ali Kemal Gür
1   Department of Interventional Radiology, Yüzüncü Yıl University Hospital, Van, Turkey
,
Cemil Göya
3   Department of Radiology, Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey
,
Aydın Bora
1   Department of Interventional Radiology, Yüzüncü Yıl University Hospital, Van, Turkey
,
Mehmet Beyazal
1   Department of Interventional Radiology, Yüzüncü Yıl University Hospital, Van, Turkey
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29 September 2014 (online)

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Abstract

Modern, minimally invasive techniques used to treat deep venous thrombosis, such as percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy (PMT) and catheter-directed thrombolysis, have gained worldwide acceptance. PMT has the advantage of speed and is also associated with improved outcomes, shortened hospital stays, and low complication rates. The main complications associated with PMT have been primarily due to iatrogenic vascular damage resulting in perforation, embolic occlusion, and arteriovenous fistula formation; to date, there has been no publication in the literature describing complications resulting from device failure. We present an unusual complication of PMT resulting from detachment of the catheter tip during thrombectomy and bailout technique employed.

Keywords

deep venous thrombosis - percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy - May-Thurner syndrome
 

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