Percutaneous vascular foreign body retrieval: experience of an 11-year period.

Eur J Radiol

Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Published: April 1991

Over an 11-year period, percutaneous retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies was performed in 12 patients, using urological forceps and retrieval baskets. No clinically significant complication occurred, success rate was 100%. Review of 176 cases from the literature showed a success rate of 90%.

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