Abstract
Several techniques exist to retrieve catheter and guide wire fragments. In this report we summarize our cost-saving method. A 7-8F guiding catheter and a self-made loop consisting of a 260 cm/0.035 in. Terumowire was used. 45 of 48 fragments were retrieved completely using this method. For the three remaining fragments (all pacemaker electrodes), retrieval was attempted with a "Goose-Neck" loop, two of them failed. The procedure was well tolerated, there were no severe complications. Usually venous foreign bodies can be retrieved completely by this cost-saving method, the use of expensive industrial loops or baskets can be avoided.
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