Key result
Percutaneous extraction of centrally embolized foreign bodies using a Dormia basket was successful in 93.8% (15 of 16) of cases.
Why the study?
Does percutaneous extraction using a Dormia basket allow for successful removal of centrally embolized foreign bodies?
Case Report (n=16)
Does percutaneous extraction using a Dormia basket allow for successful removal of centrally embolized foreign bodies?
Percutaneous extraction using a Dormia basket is a highly successful technique for retrieving centrally embolized foreign bodies.
Sixteen cases of centrally embolized foreign bodies are reported (eight catheter fragments, two guide wires, four pacemaker electrodes, one ventriculo-atrial shunt, one Port-A-Cath catheter). In all patients only the Dormia basket was used. Foreign body extraction was successful in all patients except one, in which removal of a pacemaker electrode from the myocardium failed. Technical aspects as well as complications of percutaneous foreign body extraction are discussed.
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Grabenwoeger et al. (1988) conducted a case report in Centrally embolized foreign bodies (n=16). Percutaneous extraction using a Dormia basket was evaluated on Successful foreign body extraction. Percutaneous extraction of centrally embolized foreign bodies using a Dormia basket was successful in 93.8% (15 of 16) of cases.
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