Abstract
OBJECTIVE: A technique is presented for catheterization of an obstructed bronchus when use of a conventional vascular catheter has failed. In some cases, strictures become too stenotic or blunt for passage of a guidewire, making further intervention impossible. We attempted to negotiate a stricture opening using a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) dilator with a guidewire inside it. CONCLUSION: The catheterization technique with a TIPS dilator was successful in nine cases in which use of conventional catheters and guidewires had failed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | W299-301 |
Journal | AJR. American journal of roentgenology |
Volume | 187 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging