Snare retrieval of migrated ventriculoatrial shunt

Among the numerous complications of ventriculoatrial shunting, discontinuity and migration of a catheter fragment into the heart or pulmonary arteries is only rarely encountered. Percutaneous snare retrieval of shunt tubing from the pulmonary arteries is described in a patient presenting with signs...

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Published inPediatric radiology Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 330 - 332
Main Authors JAMES, C. A, MCFARLAND, D. R, WORMUTH, C. J, TEO, C. M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin Springer 01.04.1997
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts - instrumentation
Cerebrospinal fluid. Spinal cord. Spinal roots. Spinal nerves
Foreign Bodies - diagnostic imaging
Foreign Bodies - therapy
Foreign-Body Migration - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Neurosurgery
Pulmonary Artery
Radiography
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Human
Removal
Atrium
Nervous system diseases
Radiodiagnosis
Shunt
Migration
Catheter
Cerebral ventricle
Cerebral disorder
Case study
Radiography
Treatment
Surgery
Central nervous system disease
Young adult
Complication
Hydrocephaly
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Summary:Among the numerous complications of ventriculoatrial shunting, discontinuity and migration of a catheter fragment into the heart or pulmonary arteries is only rarely encountered. Percutaneous snare retrieval of shunt tubing from the pulmonary arteries is described in a patient presenting with signs of shunt malfunction.
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ISSN:0301-0449
1432-1998
DOI:10.1007/s002470050142