Split 24-F Amplatz dilator for percutaneous extraction of an intravascular bullet: case report and technical note.
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 170 (3) , 888-889
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.170.3.2644664
Abstract
An intravascular bullet was retrieved percutaneously in a 17-year-old boy with the use of a modified 24-F Amplatz dilator. The dilator was modified by means of a longitudinal incision with removal of a wedge at the distal tip of the tapered portion of the dilator. The bullet, which was located in the left pulmonary artery, was removed via the right femoral vein. No complications occurred.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Percutaneous insertion of the Kimray-Greenfield filter: incidence of femoral vein thrombosisAmerican Journal of Roentgenology, 1987
- Intravascular foreign bodies: percutaneous retrieval.Radiology, 1986