Intraoperative disruption of a Greenfield vena cava filter.
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.
Alexander
J J
JJ
Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Illinois.
Gewertz
B L
BL
Zarins
C K
CK
D000328:Adult; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging