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Mechanism and Approach to Fractured Filters

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Placement and Retrieval of Inferior Vena Cava Filters

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The unintended consequence of implanted medical devices, like inferior vena cava filters, is metallic component fatigue and fracture. Filter fragments pose potentially dire health risks to patients, both immediately and potentially long term as well. Interventional radiologists play a key role in the management of fractured IVC filter fragments. Strategies include avoiding inadvertent fracture during retrieval, using advanced endovascular techniques for retrieval, and careful surveillance of retained fragments.

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  1. Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA

    Michael Hong Jr, Matthew A. Brown & Robert K. Ryu

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  1. Division of Interventional Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

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    Osman Ahmed

  3. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Thuong Van Ha

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Hong, M., Brown, M.A., Ryu, R.K. (2020). Mechanism and Approach to Fractured Filters. In: Desai, K., Ahmed, O., Van Ha, T. (eds) Placement and Retrieval of Inferior Vena Cava Filters. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45150-9_9

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