Physician was busy to do angioplasty in the sfa.He inflated the balloon once, and kept it inflated for 3 minutes.He then wanted to inflate again in the area more codal.The area was very calcified.Upon inflating the balloon, it burst.When physician retracted the balloon, it seemed as if the proximal end of the balloon was ripped off.Physician could not detect any substantial flow inhibition in the sfa or tibial arteries, to indicate that the ripped off balloon was stuck in the vessel.The vessel was moderately tortuous and lesion is severely calcified.The lesion was no pre dilated.The detached balloon was nowhere to be found.Physician did a sonar the next day, but could not detect any foreign object in the arteries.The detached balloon was not removed.Physician is of the opinion that he pressed the detached balloon against the vessel wall with the stent that he put in afterwards.Patient was doing well and sent home after two days of recovery.
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