Erschienen in:
18.12.2018 | Correspondence
Removal of a Distally Migrated and Wedged Small Detachable Coil Using a 4MAX Penumbra Reperfusion Catheter
verfasst von:
Hyon-Jo Kwon
Erschienen in:
Clinical Neuroradiology
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Ausgabe 3/2019
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Excerpt
Migration of a detachable coil during embolization of a cerebral aneurysm is not rare [
1‐
6]. Surgery and techniques using wires, snares, and stent-retrievers have been used for the retrieval of the migrated coils [
1‐
5]; however, surgical removal is time-consuming and the other endovascular techniques need to introduce the devices through the coil mass for removal. Recently, a small coil which had migrated and became wedged in the distal posterior cerebral artery, was successfully retrieved using a 4MAX reperfusion catheter (Penumbra, Alameda, CA, USA). …