Removal of the OptEase retrievable vena cava filter is not feasible after extended time periods because of filter protrusion through the vena cava

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 847-852

  Ashley, Dennis W ^a,b   Mix, J William ^a   Christie, Benjamin ^a   Burton, Charles G ^a   Lochner, Frank K ^a   McCommon, George W ^a   Matoy, George C ^a   Solis, Maurice M ^a   Donner, Robert S ^a   Dalton, Martin L ^a   Tyson, Clary S ^a   Newman, Walter H ^a  

^a FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; Filter protrusion; Inferior vena cava; OptEase; Pulmonary embolus; Vena cava filters

Indexed keywords

TILETAMINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMORAL VEIN; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 30044438021     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000174931.22023.d3     Document Type: Article

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