title: Complex hybrid suprarenal inferior vena cava filter retrieval.
abstract: The exponential rise in inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement is associated with increased complications both during implantation and retrieval. In this report, a 64-year-old man was transferred from an outside hospital with cardiac tamponade secondary to a snare eroding into the right atrium. This complication occurred after attempted suprarenal IVC filter removal. The filter, entangled with the snare, was retrieved by a hybrid technique of mobilizing the liver to expose the suprarenal IVC, followed by using a snare and sheath to compress and extrude the filter. This is the first reported hybrid retrieval of a suprarenal IVC filter.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sgroi
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA.
authors.forename: Roy M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Fujitani
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA. Electronic address: nkabutey@uci.edu.
authors.forename: Nii-Kabu
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Kabutey
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D020878:Device Removal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000517:prevention & control*