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Postoperative disruption of an internal prong-type caval filter--a case report
T J Donovan1, F H Splittgerber, J Köbberling
1Universität Witten-Herdecke, Klinik für Thorax-, Kardiovaskular- und Gefässchirurgie, Herzzentrum Wuppertal.
Zeitschrift Fur Kardiologie
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
A prong-type caval filter fractured and disintegrated within 4 months after its implantation in a 21-year-old woman. The fragments and the disrupted filter were removed surgically and the vena cava was plicated. Seven similar cases were found in the literature. Possible etiologic factors and measures to avoid this complication are discussed.