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Repositioning of covered stents: the grip technique
John Martin Kirby1, Xiao Feng Guo, Mehran Midia
1McMaster University Medical Center, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada. johnkirby@ireland.com
Introduction:
Retrieval and repositioning of a stent deployed beyond its intended target region may be a difficult technical challenge.
Materials And Methods:
A balloon-mounted snare technique, a variant of the coaxial loop snare technique, is described.
Results:
The technique is described for the repositioning of a covered transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt stent and a covered biliary stent.
Conclusion:
The balloon-mounted snare technique is a useful technique for retrieval of migrated stents.
