Crimping and repositioning of a maldeployed balloon-expandable arterial stent using a gooseneck snare.

Purpose: To describe a technique for repositioning a fully deployed iliac stent from the infrarenal aorta into the common iliac artery (CIA).

Case Report: A 58-year-old man was undergoing treatment for a significant right CIA stenosis when a 7x24-mm Palmaz Genesis medium stent was mistakenly deployed in the infrarenal aorta. With the stent still over the guidewire, an 8x60-mm balloon catheter was placed coaxially in the stent.