Surgical Removal of the Inferior Vena Cava Filter Using Minimal Cavotomy: A Case Report

The use of retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters has markedly increased in the recent years. However, the failure rate for the retrieval of the IVC filters using the endovascular method is reported to be up to 19%. Open surgical removal of the IVC filters is technically challenging and may re...

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Main Authors: Kyung Yun Kim, Seung Jae Byun, Byung Jun So
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medrang 2019-03-01
Series:Vascular Specialist International
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Online Access:http://www.vsijournal.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.5758/vsi.2019.35.1.48