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The patient was undergoing a coil embolization procedure in the gastroduodenal artery (gda) using pod packing coils (pod pc).During the procedure, after advancing a 30 centimeters pod pc into the target vessel using a lantern delivery microcatheter (lantern), the physician noticed the coil was too large for the vessel.Therefore, the pod pc was removed.The physician then attempted to advance a new 5 centimeters pod pc; however, the pod pc was unable to advance into the hub of the microcatheter.Therefore, the physician removed the pod pc.The procedure was completed using a new ruby coil with the same microcatheter.There was no report of an adverse effect to the patient.
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