Doctor inserted stent into coronary artery, and determined it was the wrong size.Balloon was intact but stent was missing from balloon under fluoro.Doctor suspected stent retained in the guide and guideliner catheter.They instructed the scrub tech to inflate stent balloon to see if it could be visualized.It was not.The guide and guideliner were removed.Doctor then took sterile scissors to cut up guide and guideliner in search of stent, due to the material the guide is made of, it could not be determined if the stent was or was not in the guide.Then doctor inserted a new guide, performed hd ivus and did not visualize the stent in the body.The 2 stents listed in emr as not deployed were the 2.5 x 18 resolute integrity rx, and the 3.0 x 12 resolute, so not sure which one it was.Patient brought back for stent retrieval next day.Stent retrieved in fragments, and sent to pathology.Stroke code called after stent removed due to neuro symptoms.Symptoms abated and no further issues.
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