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Case Reports
. 2006 Feb;27(2):327-9.

A new device for endovascular coil retrieval from intracranial vessels: alligator retrieval device

H Henkes  1 , S Lowens, H Preiss, J Reinartz, E Miloslavski, D Kühne
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A new device for endovascular coil retrieval from intracranial vessels: alligator retrieval device

H Henkes et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

The clinical use of a new device (Alligator Retrieval Device) designed specifically for endovascular foreign body (eg, coils) retrieval from intracranial vessels is reported. The Alligator has intrinsic advantages compared with microsnares for the endovascular catheter-based removal of coils.

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Fig 1.
Fig 1.
Alligator Retrieval Device for endovascular removal of foreign bodies from intracranial arteries.
Fig 2.
Fig 2.
Partial reperfusion of a previously ruptured and coiled basilar bifurcation aneurysm with crossing Neuroform2 Treo stents deployed in preparation for coil retreatment (A). A small 2-mm/1-cm soft coil spontaneously displaced after electrolytic detachment from the aneurysm to the right P1 segment (B). Within 24 hours, further migration into the P3 segment occurred. The right PCA was catheterized with a microcatheter (C). The displaced coil was grasped with a microforceps and pulled out (D–F). Coil occlusion of the aneurysm was completed in the same session (G).
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