Case Report
Year: 2022 | Month: October-December | Volume: 7 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 160-163
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20221022
A Case of Successful Retrieval of Migrated Device Fragment Using a Snare
Raghava Sarma Polavarapu1, Yudhistar Siripuram2, Keerthika Chowdary Ravella3, Anurag Polavarapu4, Kalyan Chakravarthi Pulivarthi5, Hima Sanjana Perumalla6, Sai Reshma Magam7, Vijaya Pamidimukkala8
1Interventional Cardiologist, Head of Department, Department of Cardiology, Lalitha Super Specialities Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh -522001, India.
2Jr.Consultant., Department of Cardiology, Lalitha Super Specialities Hospital,
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh -522001, India.
3Sr. Consultant, Department of Cardiology, Lalitha Super Specialities Hospital,
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh -522001, India.
4Sr. Resident, Department of Cardiology, Lalitha Super Specialities Hospital,
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh -522001, India.
5Jr. Consultant Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Lalitha Super Specialities Hospital,
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh -522001, India.
6Physician, Department of General Medicines, Lalitha Super Specialities Hospital,
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh -522001, India.
7Resident, Internal Medicine, Lalitha Super Specialities Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh -522001, India.
8Head of Department, Department of Neurosciences, Lalitha Super Specialities Hospital,
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh -522001, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Raghava Sarma Polavarapu
ABSTRACT
Procedural related intravascular foreign bodies in vascular and nonvascular areas sometimes leads to abrupted serious complications such as embolization, thrombus development, etc. and necessitating their removal. This can be achieved by avoiding procedural related errors and selecting the appropriate device. The present case represents successfully retrieval of fragmented tip of Simmons catheter using a snare in a 50-year-old woman without any serious consequences
Keywords:Catheter, Foreign body, Retrieval, Snare