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Rupture, Breakdown, and Pulmonary Artery Embolism of a Balloon Catheter Tip during Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty of Arteriovenous Fistula

Vascular Specialist International, 2019
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is a well-known treatment for arteriovenous fistula stenosis. Balloon rupture during endovascular procedures is a rare but possible complication.
Young Min Han, Kun Yung Kim, Byeoung Hoon Chung, Hee Chul Yu, Kyung Hwa Kim, Hong Pil Hwang   +5 more
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Comparison of primiparous women & apos;s childbirth experience in labor induction with cervical ripening by balloon catheter or oral misoprostol - a prospective study using a validated childbirth experience questionnaire (CEQ) and visual analogue scale (VAS) [PDF]

, 2022
Introduction Primiparity and labor induction, especially when cervical ripening is required, are risk factors for a negative childbirth experience.
Kruit, Heidi, Place, Katariina, Rahkonen, Leena   +2 more
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Possible Use of a Safety-Valve with a Foley Catheter During Catheterisation of Male Spinal Cord Injury Patients for Prevention of Urethral Trauma Caused by Inflation of the Catheter Balloon in the Urethra

Medical Devices: Evidence and Research, 2023
Vaidyanathan Subramanian, Bakulesh Madhusudan Soni Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, Southport and Formby District General Hospital, Town Lane, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 6PN, UKCorrespondence: Vaidyanathan Subramanian, Email subramanian.vaidyanathan@nhs ...
Subramanian V, Soni BM
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A New Technique for the Endoscopic Reconstruction of Skull Base Defects Using Multiple-balloon Catheters

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica, 2022
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is a major complication following endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery. Various skull base reconstruction methods are available, and the use of a vascularized nasoseptal flap (NSF) in skull base reconstruction has ...
Asuka FUJINO, Yoji TANAKA, Daisu ABE, Yosuke ARIIZUMI, Motoki INAJI, Taketoshi MAEHARA   +5 more
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A two-case series of entrapment of a ruptured balloon in the coronary artery: Avoidable complications and nonsurgical management

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2015
The entrapment of a ruptured catheter balloon during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is rare, but it can lead to life-threatening complications, such as myocardial infarction (MI) and lethal arrhythmias.
Wei-Ting Chang, Ju-Yi Chen, Yi-Heng Li, Liang-Miin Tsai, Cheng-Han Lee   +4 more
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Toward Robotically Automated Femoral Vascular Access [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Advanced resuscitative technologies, such as Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) cannulation or Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA), are technically difficult even for skilled medical personnel. This paper describes the core technologies that comprise a teleoperated system capable of granting femoral vascular ...
arxiv  

Broken Guidewire Fragment in the Radio-brachial Artery During Transradial Sheath Placement: Percutaneous Retrieval via Femoral Approach [PDF]

, 2005
A case in which a 0.014" wire was broken during the sheath placement in the radial artery for transradial coronary procedure is described here, and a successful retrieval of it using conventional methods is also described. Through the left femoral artery,
Byung-Su Yoo, Fisher, Foster Smith, Hartzler, Hyun-Sook Jung, Jang-Young Kim, Junghan Yoon, Kyung-Hoon Choi, Lotan, Mintz, Salgado Fernandez, Seung-Hwan Lee, Watson, Woo-Jea Kim   +13 more
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Development and first-in-human testing of FLUME urinary catheter with protected tip and relocated drainage holes

Continence, 2023
Purpose:: Evaluation of a catheter design which protects its tip with the retaining balloon when inflated, and has eyeholes at the base of the balloon to improve drainage. Materials and methods:: Preclinical tests included assessment of retaining balloon
Marcus J. Drake, Katherine Anderson, Andrew Gammie, Nicola Morris, Tony Timlin, Nikki Cotterill, John Duff, Mandy Fader, Hazel Taylor, Roger Holmes, John Havard   +10 more
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Bioprosthetic Valve Fracturing: In vitro Testing of Edwards PERIMOUNT Model P 2900

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
BackgroundBioprosthetic valve fracturing (BVF) results in low gradients following valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (ViV-TAVR). For the commonly used Edwards PERIMOUNT valve data from bench-testing are lacking to provide technical ...
Hendrik Ruge, Hendrik Ruge, Hector A. Alvarez-Covarrubias, Hector A. Alvarez-Covarrubias, Oliver Deutsch, Oliver Deutsch, Zahra Alalawi, Keti Vitanova, Keti Vitanova, Rüdiger Lange, Rüdiger Lange   +10 more
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Dosimetric equivalence of non-standard high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy catheter patterns [PDF]

Medical Physics 36(1), January 2009, pp. 233-239, 2009
Purpose: To determine whether alternative HDR prostate brachytherapy catheter patterns can result in improved dose distributions while providing better access and reducing trauma. Methods: Prostate HDR brachytherapy uses a grid of parallel needle positions to guide the catheter insertion.
arxiv   +1 more source