Safety and efficacy of vena cava filters in trauma patients

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-18

  Giannoudis, Peter V ^a   Pountos, Ippokratis ^a   Pape, Hans Christoph ^b   Patel, Jai V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inferior vena cava; Pulmonary embolism; Trauma

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DUODENUM PERFORATION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; INJURY; LIMB INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIS FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THROMBOSIS; VENA CAVA FILTER; VENOUS STASIS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33845717103     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.08.054     Document Type: Review

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