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Surgical removal of a fractured balloon catheter from deep femoral artery: a case report
2025, Vol 12, Num 2 - Page(s): 064-065
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Erdal Şimşek, Eren Günertem, İbrahim Erkengel, Serkan Mola, Gökhan Lafçı, Kerim Çağlı
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Keywords: Deep femoral artery; fractured balloon catheter; pseudoaneurysm
An intravascular fracture of balloon catheters during peripheral catheterization is uncommon. This is a rare, but a serious complication of interventional procedures, which may lead to bleeding or lower limb ischemia and require an emergency surgical intervention. Herein, we present a 71-year-old male case in whom a balloon catheter was broken inside of the deep femoral artery and retrieved surgically. A broken and entrapped catheter is one of the extraordinary complications in this type of applications. Fortunately, it is seen rarely and treated either interventional or surgical techniques.
2025, Vol 12, Num 2 - Page(s): 064-065
3092
3892
Erdal Şimşek, Eren Günertem, İbrahim Erkengel, Serkan Mola, Gökhan Lafçı, Kerim Çağlı
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Keywords: Deep femoral artery; fractured balloon catheter; pseudoaneurysm
An intravascular fracture of balloon catheters during peripheral catheterization is uncommon. This is a rare, but a serious complication of interventional procedures, which may lead to bleeding or lower limb ischemia and require an emergency surgical intervention. Herein, we present a 71-year-old male case in whom a balloon catheter was broken inside of the deep femoral artery and retrieved surgically. A broken and entrapped catheter is one of the extraordinary complications in this type of applications. Fortunately, it is seen rarely and treated either interventional or surgical techniques.
DOI : 10.5606/e-cvsi.2016.553
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