A Simple “Involute” Technique for Successful Removal of a Caudally Migrated “Viatorr” Stent Graft

Vellia Zhou; Mark Reddick; Daniel Lamus; Ronald S. Arellano; Sanjeeva P. Kalva

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1779710

Seminars in Interventional Radiology, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Semin intervent Radiol 2024; 41(01): 092-096
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1779710

Technical Corner

A Simple “Involute” Technique for Successful Removal of a Caudally Migrated “Viatorr” Stent Graft

Vellia Zhou

¹Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

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Mark Reddick

²Radiology Associates of the Fox Valley, Neenah, Wisconsin

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Daniel Lamus

³Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

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Ronald S. Arellano

⁴Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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Sanjeeva P. Kalva

⁴Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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