Technical aspects of insertion and removal of an inferior vena cava IVC filter for prophylactic treatment of pulmonary embolus.
We report the successful insertion and subsequent retrieval of a Gunther-Tulip vena cava filter in a patient with an anomalous left-sided inferior vena cava, who developed a right ilio-femoral venous thrombosis prior to planned surgical resection of a right femoral osteosarcoma. The indication was for short-term prophylaxis against pulmonary embolism during manipulative leg surgery.
Khong
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Radiology Department, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust, UK.
John
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PR
D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D005263:Femoral Artery; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D008297:Male; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications; D016306:Vena Cava Filters; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging