title: Forceps retrieval of a tip-embedded superior vena cava filter.
abstract: The use of rigid endobronchial forceps has been described for the percutaneous retrieval of tip-embedded retrievable inferior vena cava filters, especially when retrieval with the use of traditional devices has failed. The present report describes retrieval of a tip-embedded retrievable filter from the superior vena cava with the use of this technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 1 Silverstein, 3400 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galfione
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: William Stavropoulos
authors.forename: Scott O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Trerotola
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020878:Device Removal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004210:Dissection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D057772:Vascular System Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*