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It was reported that balloon rupture occurred.The target lesion was located in the popliteal vein.A 10.0 x 60, 135cm mustang balloon catheter was advanced for dilatation.However, during inflation, half of it was inside of a wallstent, the other half of it was in the iliac vein and the balloon burst at 8 atmospheres.The device was removed from the patient's body.Another 10.0 x 60, 135cm mustang balloon catheter was inserted into the patient.However, during inflation, half of it was inside of a wallstent, the other half was in the iliac and it also burst at 8 atmospheres.When the device was removed, the shaft of the balloon broke off of the proximal part of the balloon.They had to remove the 8f non-bsc sheath to get the balloon and the rest of the shaft out of the popliteal vein.They were able to retrieve everything out of the patient's body.Insert a new sheath and the procedure was completed with a different device.No patient complications were reported and the patient was fine.
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