## Abstract Although removal of a stent is a well described method for treating an acutely dislodged or embolized device, removal of a previously deployed stent is unusual. We describe a case where a partially dislodged wallstent in a saphenous vein graft was removed using a snare to permit deploym
Percutaneous retrieval of a deformed guidewire by a modified snaring technique
โ Scribed by Roy, Sumit ;Phadke, R. V. ;Kumar, Sunil ;Rastogi, Harsh ;Baijal, S. S.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 219 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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