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"Spaghetti twisting" technique: a novel method of catching pacemaker leads using a needle's eye snare
Tsuyoshi Isawa1, Takashi Yamada2, Taku Honda1
1Department of Cardiology Sendai Kousei Hospital Sendai Japan.
Clinical Case Reports
|August 8, 2017
Abstract:
The needle's eye snare has become an indispensable tool in contemporary pacemaker lead extraction techniques. Here, we present a modified method of using the needle's eye snare, named "spaghetti twisting" technique, to catch and secure pacemaker leads, which would help operators catch and secure leads much easily.

