Greenfield filter insertions: predictability of technical difficulties.
Short, small females with small veins pose problems with transjugular insertion of the Greenfield filter, and if feasible, the transfemoral route should be used in these patients.
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Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000628:therapy*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000628:therapy*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior