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The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Volume 7 (2021): Issue 2 (April 2021)
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The Removal of a Fractured Guidewire During Mechanical Thrombectomy. A Case Report
Rares Cristian Filep
Rares Cristian Filep
,
Andrei Florin Bloj
Andrei Florin Bloj
and
Lucian Marginean
Lucian Marginean
| May 12, 2021
The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Volume 7 (2021): Issue 2 (April 2021)
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Article Category:
Case report
Published Online:
May 12, 2021
Page range:
141 - 144
Received:
Sep 03, 2020
Accepted:
Feb 08, 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2021-0009
Keywords
acute ischemic stroke
,
large vessel occlusion
,
mechanical thrombectomy
© 2021 Rares Cristian Filep, Andrei Florin Bloj, Lucian Marginean, published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Fig. 1a
Digital subtraction angiogram while injecting contrast in the left ICA shows occlusion of the left MCA’s distal M1 segment.
Fig. 1b
The fractured radioopaque guidewire tip is seen inside the microcatheter (white arrow) in this unsubtracted, magnified image.
Fig. 1c
After multiple attempts, successful capture of the wire with the Eric retriever is visible.
Fig. 2
The distal radioopaque 5 cm of the wire extracted is seen along with Eric retriever’s structure.