title: [Strut fractures in the long-term follow-up of Günther cava filters--the results after 64 filter implantations].
abstract: Follow-up of patients with inferior vena cava filters was performed every 3 months with clinical controls, plain radiographs and duplex sonography. Whereas the clinical results were excellent (no recurrence of pulmonary embolism), radiological controls showed broken anchoring legs in 14 cases and a broken filter basket in one patient. In two cases, the broken anchoring prongs had perforated the inferior vena cava wall. All patients with broken filters were clinically asymptomatic. CT showed no morphological changes in these cases. As experience proves, strict follow-up of caval filters for early detection of complications is mandatory even with well-established filter types.
authors.affiliation: Zentralröntgeninstitut, KA Rudolfstiftung, Wien.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hruby
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mosser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baldt
mesh_terms: D003374:Coumarins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D003374:Coumarins
vernacular_title: Strebenbrüche bei der Langzeitkontrolle von Günther-Kavafiltern--Ergebnisse nach 64 Filterimplantationen.