Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 40-43 , March 2008

Percutaneous Retrieval of Dislodged Port-A Catheters by Loop Retriever

  • Kuo-Hsien Chiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, and Tzu Chi College of Technology, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsin-Wen Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, and Tzu Chi College of Technology, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pau-Yuan Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, and Tzu Chi College of Technology, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chau-Chin Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, and Tzu Chi College of Technology, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pao-Sheng Yen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, and Tzu Chi College of Technology, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chang-Ming Ling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, and Tzu Chi College of Technology, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chao-Chun Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, and Tzu Chi College of Technology, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Andy Shau-Bin Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, and Tzu Chi College of Technology, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 10 April 2007 ,Revised 30 April 2007 ,Accepted 24 July 2007.

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PII: S1016-3190(08)60006-3

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60006-3

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 40-43 , March 2008

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