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Guidewire entrapment during Greenfield filter deployment

1998; Elsevier BV; Volume: 27; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0741-5214(98)70305-2

1097-6809

Richard J. Browne, Fernando P. Estrada,

Water Systems and Optimization

Prevention of pulmonary embolism by inferior vena cava filter has long been established . The Greenfield filter continues to be modified to improve deployment methods. A new filter design allows insertion through tortuous anatomy. We present, by way of a case report, a unique complication related to this design. The filter design, deployment technique, and the rationale behind them are discussed. Suggestions for avoiding this problem are provided. (J Vasc Surg 1998;27:174-6.)