It was reported via facility medwatch (b)(4) that the stent was deployed prematurely.The target lesion was located in the right superficial femoral artery (sfa).The planned procedure was a right sfa angioplasty with a non-bsc balloon and then stent the right sfa.During the right leg angiography procedure, the 6mmx18mmx150cm express sd stent was delivered to the lesion.However, the stent prematurely deployed and became disconnected.To retrieved the stent, the patient was transferred from the interventional radiology suite to the operating room for a right femoral cut down to retrieve the stent.The surgery consisted of a right popliteal exploration with the removal of the stent, a right leg thrombectomy via the popliteal artery and a right popliteal angioplasty with an unspecified bovine pericardial patch.No further patient complications were reported.
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