Snare retrieval of migrated ventriculoatrial shunt

Snare retrieval of migrated ventriculoatrial shunt

Among the numerous complications of ventriculoatrial shunting, discontinuity and migration of a catheter fragment into the heart or pulmonary arteries is only rarely encountered. Percutaneous snare retrieval of shunt tubing from the pulmonary arteries is described in a patient presenting with signs...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric radiology 1997-04, Vol.27 (4), p.330-332
Hauptverfasser: JAMES, C. A, MCFARLAND, D. R, WORMUTH, C. J, TEO, C. M
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts - instrumentation
Cerebrospinal fluid. Spinal cord. Spinal roots. Spinal nerves
Foreign Bodies - diagnostic imaging
Foreign Bodies - therapy
Foreign-Body Migration - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Neurosurgery
Pulmonary Artery
Radiography
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
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Zusammenfassung:Among the numerous complications of ventriculoatrial shunting, discontinuity and migration of a catheter fragment into the heart or pulmonary arteries is only rarely encountered. Percutaneous snare retrieval of shunt tubing from the pulmonary arteries is described in a patient presenting with signs of shunt malfunction.
ISSN:0301-0449
1432-1998
DOI:10.1007/s002470050142