Use of Rigid Bronchoscopic Forceps in the Difficult Retrieval of the Günther Tulip Inferior Vena Cava Filter

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1319-1323

  Burke, Charles T ^a   Dixon, Robert G ^a   Stavas, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GUNTHER TULIP FILTER; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPES; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34548849129     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.06.033     Document Type: Article

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