It was reported that stent fracture occurred.During a routine follow up procedure, patient presented with a pinching sensation in hip.After a computed tomography (ct) scan was performed, the physician suspected the vici self expanding stent previously implanted, had fractured.The fracture is thought to be in the center of the stent at the outer inflection point.At this time, no additional intervention was done nor have any future procedures been scheduled.The physician is monitoring the patient and may do diagnostic intervention to assess if symptoms continue or get worse.
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