Percutaneous retrieval of an intrathecal foreign body: technical note.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1136/neurintsurg-2014-011429.rep.
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Abstract
A 58-year-old man had an intrathecal baclofen pump implanted. A guidewire used during removal of a previously placed lumbar drain catheter fractured, and a fragment was left within the thecal sac. Using fluoroscopic guidance, a loop snare device was used to retrieve the intrathecal foreign body successfully and without complication. The pump was placed without any difficulty, and the patient's hospital course was uneventful.
Medical subject headings
- Catheters
- Device Removal
- Neurosurgical Procedures
- Spinal Canal