Elderly male with history of peripheral arterial disease and recent gangrene of bilateral lower extremities.Procedure: aortogram and angioplasty of the left common iliac artery and external iliac artery with a 6 mm x 100 mm drug-coated balloon, and angioplasty of the common femoral artery and superficial femoral artery with a 6 mm x 6 cm drug-coated balloon and mynx.Catheter broke into 2 pieces inside the patient.Surgeon successfully retrieved both pieces without known injury.Patient discharged the same day.
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