title: Greenfield filter insertions: predictability of technical difficulties.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smyk
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: 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