title: Intraoperative disruption of a Greenfield vena cava filter.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Gewertz
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Zarins
mesh_terms: 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