title: Tips and tricks for retrieval of permanent TRAPEASE filters for inferior vena cava.
abstract: The placement of permanent inferior vena cava filters has definite indications and some filters have been shown to be more problematic in the long term than others. This report outlines the technique for TRAPEASE filter removal in two patients. The first filter was retrieved four weeks after insertion and the second filter was retrieved 14 months after it was inserted at another institution. A planned approach for retrieval is described in these case reports.
authors.affiliation: RC Byrd Health Sciences Center, W. Va. Univ., Charleston, USA mousamd@aol.com.
authors.forename: Albeir Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Mousa
authors.affiliation: RC Byrd Health Sciences Center, W. Va. Univ., Charleston, USA.
authors.forename: Shadi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: AbuHalimah
authors.affiliation: RC Byrd Health Sciences Center, W. Va. Univ., Charleston, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yacoub
authors.affiliation: RC Byrd Health Sciences Center, W. Va. Univ., Charleston, USA.
authors.forename: Iqra
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sheikh
authors.affiliation: RC Byrd Health Sciences Center, W. Va. Univ., Charleston, USA.
authors.forename: Ali F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: AbuRahma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D019091:Critical Pathways; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016306:Vena Cava Filters; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
keywords: Filter; fracture; inferior vena cava; migration; permanent; pulmonary embolism; retrieval; thrombosis