[Use of the Kimray-Greenfield filter in the prevention of pulmonary embolism. Personal experience].
Personal experience in the use of intra-caval filters in the prevention of pulmonary embolisms is reported. The advantages and the indications for positioning of the K.G. filter are analysed on the basis of a series of 31 patients operated on with this method.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D005260:Female; D006440:Hemofiltration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011859:Radiography; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
L'uso del filtro Kimray-Greenfield nella prevenzione dell'embolia polmonare. Esperienza personale.