Open AccessRetrieval of embolized tip of port catheter from branch of right pulmonary artery using a macro snare catheter
Author(s) -
Mehmet Bostan,
Murtaza Emre Durakoğlugil,
Ömer Şatıroğlu,
Başar Erdivanlı,
Gülnihal Tufan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
interventional medicine and applied science/interventional medicine and applied science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.195
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2061-5094
pISSN - 2061-1617
DOI - 10.1556/imas.6.2014.2.7
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , foreign body , port (circuit theory) , surgery , pulmonary artery , catheter ablation , foreign bodies , complication , ablation , cardiology , electrical engineering , engineering
Rupture of the silicon port catheter is a relatively rare complication. Ruptured part usually embolizes; therefore, removal of foreign body may be difficult. These ports usually migrate to right-sided chambers, main pulmonary arteries, and pulmonary subbranches. Different devices such as snares, basket catheters, and ablation catheters are utilized for retrieval. Hereby, we report successful extraction of an embolized 10-cm tip of a vascular access port using a macro snare catheter.