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Retrieval of Recovery IVC Filter After 1,463-Day Implantation

Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Angiography and Interventional Radiology Division 75 Francis Street Boston MA 02115 USA
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (impact factor: 0.33). 04/2012; 36(2):176-179. DOI:10.1007/s00068-009-8087-3 pp.176-179

ABSTRACT A young female victim of multiple trauma had a Recovery inferior vena cava filter placed for pulmonary embolism prophylaxis.
She was lost to follow-up for planned retrieval of the filter. After a period of more than four years she re-presented and
had successful and uneventful retrieval of the filter. Certain inferior vena cava filters may potentially be retrieved even
after very long implantation periods.

Key Words
IVC filter, removal-IVC filter, prophylactic-Multiple trauma

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Keywords

Certain inferior vena cava filters
 
follow-up
 
four years
 
pulmonary embolism prophylaxis
 
Recovery inferior vena cava filter
 
removal-IVC filter
 
uneventful retrieval
 
young female victim