The account alleges that during a peripheral vascular procedure, the catheter tip detached outside the patient.The physician had successfully acquired retrograde arterial access, and the catheter was introduced over a stiff guidewire, the lesion was crossed, and contrast was injected to collect selective angiograms.The catheter was removed from the patient and placed back on the sterile field.At a later point within the procedure, the clinician decided to use the 5f ka2 catheter again.When an attempt was made to reload the catheter over the back end of the guidewire, the tip detached and was dangling from the catheter shaft.A new catheter was opened and used to complete the procedure.No patient injury to report.
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