Endovascular rescue of a misshapen intracranial stent: report of two cases.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1136/jnis.2010.002584.
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Abstract
Inadvertent deformation and displacement of a fully deployed closed-cell intracranial nitinol stent may occur with manipulation of other devices through or beyond them. Such displaced and deformed stents may obstruct the lumen, risking formation of thromboemboli, and/or fail to no function as a scaffold to assist with coil embolization. We review two such cases whereby an Alligator retrieval device (ARD) (ev3, Irvine, California, USA) was used to salvage a deployed misshapen intracranial stent.
Medical subject headings
- Device Removal
- Embolization, Therapeutic
- Stents