On (b)(6) 2019, pt had stent placed using lifestent vascular stent system in right femoral artery.On (b)(6) 2019, the pt underwent an aortogram/ angiogram at which time two foreign bodies were visualized in the right common iliac artery.Items appeared to be free flowing.The procedure was stopped and the pt was moved to the operating room for open operative retrieval of foreign bodies.One of the items was retrieved.The second item was unable to be retrieved.Post-op the pt was admitted to the hosp and discharged on (b)(6) 2019.The retained items were identified to be small (1.5 cm and 0.5 cm in length averaging 1.0 cm in diameter) broken pieces from the stent deployment mechanism that was used in the (b)(6) 2019 procedure.Fda safety report id# (b)(4).
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