Key result
A firmly stuck rotablator burr was successfully retrieved using a modified subintimal tracking and reentry (STAR) technique with a 3-g tapered tip hydrophilic wire.
Case Report (n=1)
The modified STAR technique may be a useful bailout strategy for retrieving a firmly stuck rotablator burr when standard procedures fail.
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May aid burr retrieval after failed techniques; leaves open generalizability and safety in larger series.
Tanaka et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Stuck rotablator burr during rotational atherectomy (n=1). Modified subintimal tracking and reentry (STAR) technique with a 3-g tapered tip hydrophilic wire was evaluated on Retrieval of stuck rotablator burr. A firmly stuck rotablator burr was successfully retrieved using a modified subintimal tracking and reentry (STAR) technique with a 3-g tapered tip hydrophilic wire.
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