Case report: structural failure of a bird's nest inferior vena caval filter.
At routine follow-up 13 months after its insertion, a Bird's nest inferior vena caval filter was found to be broken. The radiological findings are presented. This is the first reported case of structural failure in this sort of filter.
Perry
J N
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Department of Radiology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
Wells
I P
IP
D000328:Adult; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011859:Radiography; D016306:Vena Cava Filters; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging