title: Postoperative disruption of an internal prong-type caval filter--a case report.
abstract: A prong-type caval filter fractured and disintegrated within 4 months after its implantation in a 21-year-old woman. The fragments and the disrupted filter were removed surgically and the vena cava was plicated. Seven similar cases were found in the literature. Possible etiologic factors and measures to avoid this complication are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Universität Witten-Herdecke, Klinik für Thorax-, Kardiovaskular- und Gefässchirurgie, Herzzentrum Wuppertal.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Donovan
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Splittgerber
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Köbberling
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Minale
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020152:Antithrombin III Deficiency; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016306:Vena Cava Filters