Removal of a Günther Tulip filter after 3,006 days

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-340

  Lynch, Frank C ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LONG TERM CARE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79952183880     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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