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On 24 jun 2024, neo tract has been made aware of a 60 year old patient who underwent ul2 procedure on the same day.During the procedure, the physician successfully placed 3 implants, and during the 4th implant deployment the physician was not able to see the suture in the keyhole after pull 3 and observed the needle tip broken off and floating in the fossa.The physician attempted to pull the delivery device from the patient, but he was unable as the device was stuck.After the pull 4, the physician tried to remove the device from the patient and used graspers to retrieve the needle from the patient.The physician tried to cut the suture which was tethered to the lateral lobe with the bugbee, but it was unsuccessful, so the physician used a laser and successfully cut the suture.The procedure was completed with mild-moderate bleeding occurrence to the patient and a catheter was placed.
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