Intraoperative disruption of a Greenfield vena cava filter
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J J Alexander1, B L Gewertz, C K Zarins
1Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Illinois.
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
A case illustrating fracture and translocation of a Kim-Ray Greenfield filter strut due to intraoperative manipulation of the filter during cholecystectomy is presented. Awareness of this previously unreported complication is essential in preventing its occurrence.