Migration of a dislodged tip of an ultrasound lithotripter probe to the pulmonary artery: a rare complication of percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Lin, Chia Hsiang; Chen, Chun Hao; Tzeng, Wen-Sheng; Cheng, Bingqing; Chiu, Allen W.

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2003.08.015

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“…They were all mostly parts of central venous catheters but also more complex parts of diagnostic equipment, such as ultrasound probes. 17,18 Extraction through a new invasive radiology procedure is often recommended, but in some cases, regarding foreign body localization, as in our patients with a separated transaortic catheter, a conventional surgical procedure is necessary. Sometimes these operations can be very mutilating.…”

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Rare Forms of Peripheral Arterial Embolism: Review of 11 Cases

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The purpose of this study was to present 11 patients operated on owing to rare forms of peripheral arterial embolism at the Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases of the Serbian Clinical Center over a period of 20 years. Three patients were operated on owing to a foreign body embolism, two owing to a septic embolism, three owing to emboli that originated from malignant tissues, two owing to an embolization from cardiac myxoma, and one owing to an embolism from a myxomatous atrial septal defect. The preoperative evaluation included clinical examination, laboratory findings, and electrocardiography; in the majority of cases, ultrasonography and angiography were performed. Surgical treatment included foreign body extraction in three cases; thromboembolectomy in seven cases, and artery resection and saphenous graft interposition in one patient with septic embolism. In addition, three cardiosurgical procedures were done: aortic valve replacement in the patient with a septic embolism and tumor excision in patients with atrial myxoma. In addition to the usual clinical signs of acute limb ischemia, in the rare forms of arterial embolism, the presence of certain uncommon clinical symptoms was also observed. The early results of vascular surgical treatment were very good in all patients. Further follow-up revealed a poor prognosis in patients with malignant arterial embolism.

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“…Sometimes these operations can be very mutilating. 18 To our knowledge, only three small series of patients with septic embolism have been reported to date. [19][20][21] They all refer to patients with infective endocarditis, in which case, finding the source of the embolism is not difficult.…”

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Rare Forms of Peripheral Arterial Embolism: Review of 11 Cases

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EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSYBogdanovic J, Veljkova H. Re: Predictors of lower pole renal stone clearance after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy [letter]. J Urol 2003;170:2390. Clayman RV. Effect of overpressure and pulse repetition frequency on cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy [editorial]. J Urol 2003;170:689. Eaton MP, Erturk EN. Serum troponin levels are not increased in patients with ventricular arrhythmias during shock wave lithotripsy. shock wave lithotripsy for ureteral stone in patient with implanted cardiac pacemaker: a case report] (Jpn). Nippon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi 2003;94:626-629. Knoll T, Trojan L, Haecker A, Michel MS, Kohrmann KU, Alken P. [Minimally-invasive therapy of urinary stones] (Ger). Aktuel Urol 2003;34:313-318. Liguori G, Trombetta C, Bucci S, Salame L, Savoldi S, Belgrano E. Reversible acute renal failure after unilateral extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy. Urol Res 2003 Oct 1 [Epub ahead of print]* Madbouly K, Sheir KZ, Elsobky E, Eraky I, Kenawy M. Re: Risk factors for the formation of a Steinstrasse after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: a statistical model [letter].

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Migration of a dislodged tip of an ultrasound lithotripter probe to the pulmonary artery: a rare complication of percutaneous nephrolithotomy

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Rare Forms of Peripheral Arterial Embolism: Review of 11 Cases

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