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Efficacy of Prophylactic Vena Cava Filters in High-Risk Trauma Patients

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Annals of Vascular Surgery

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= 0.045, Fisher exact test) from the 4.8% incidence of PE in high-risk historical control patients with similar injury profiles. No patient with a prophylactic IVC filter suffered a clinically evident PE and there were no complications associated with placement of these filters. We conclude that the placement of prophylactic IVC filters in high-risk trauma patients is a safe and effective method of reducing the incidence of pulmonary embolism.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Section of Trauma UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, US

    Jeffrey S. Gosin, Alan M. Graham, Rocco G. Ciocca & Jeffrey S. Hammond

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Gosin, J., Graham, A., Ciocca, R. et al. Efficacy of Prophylactic Vena Cava Filters in High-Risk Trauma Patients . International Journal of Vascular Surgery 11, 100–105 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100169900017

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