The account alleges that during a peripheral artery angioplasty procedure, the catheter tip detached within the patient.The physician had acquired retrograde femoral artery access and had negotiated the patient's common iliac bifurcation with a guidewire and a 4f, 125cm catheter.During catheter manipulations and below the patient's knee [btk] over an.014 interventional guidewire, the catheter tip detached.The account alleges that the patient's vasculature was not severely calcified or tortuous.The physician was unsuccessful in retrieving the foreign object from the patient's periphery using a vascular snare device.The patient was then sent to surgery for an additional attempt to remove the foreign body.The surgical attempt was unsuccessful in removing the foreign body from the patient's leg.The account alleges that as a result of two failed attempts, to remove the foreign body from the patient, the patient's leg was amputated below the knee.The patient tolerated the procedure well.
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