TY - JOUR T1 - Percutaneous retrieval of an intrathecal foreign body: technical note JF - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery JO - J NeuroIntervent Surg SP - e36 LP - e36 DO - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2014-011429.rep VL - 7 IS - 10 AU - Marc Manix AU - Jessica Wilden AU - Hugo H Cuellar-Saenz Y1 - 2015/10/01 UR - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/7/10/e36.abstract N2 - A 58-year-old man had an intrathecal baclofen pump implanted. A guidewire used during removal of a previously placed lumbar drain catheter fractured, and a fragment was left within the thecal sac. Using fluoroscopic guidance, a loop snare device was used to retrieve the intrathecal foreign body successfully and without complication. The pump was placed without any difficulty, and the patient's hospital course was uneventful. ER -