Successful removal of a Gunther tulip vena cava filter with wall-embedded hook and migration during a retrieval attempt

Retrieval of a Gunther tulip vena cava filter implanted in a patient with inferior vena cava and right common iliac vein thrombosis was attempted by the standard method. Because the filter was tilted, the hook became attached to the vena cava wall and could not be snared. During attempts at removal...

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Autores principales: Yamagami, Takuji, Yoshimatsu, Rika, Matsumoto, Tomohiro, Nishimura, Tsunehiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3742064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23986855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047981613478010
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author Yamagami, Takuji
Yoshimatsu, Rika
Matsumoto, Tomohiro
Nishimura, Tsunehiko
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description Retrieval of a Gunther tulip vena cava filter implanted in a patient with inferior vena cava and right common iliac vein thrombosis was attempted by the standard method. Because the filter was tilted, the hook became attached to the vena cava wall and could not be snared. During attempts at removal by an alternative method, the filter migrated toward the right atrium. However, it was finally successfully removed.
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spelling pubmed-37420642013-08-28 Successful removal of a Gunther tulip vena cava filter with wall-embedded hook and migration during a retrieval attempt Yamagami, Takuji Yoshimatsu, Rika Matsumoto, Tomohiro Nishimura, Tsunehiko Acta Radiol Short Rep Case Report Retrieval of a Gunther tulip vena cava filter implanted in a patient with inferior vena cava and right common iliac vein thrombosis was attempted by the standard method. Because the filter was tilted, the hook became attached to the vena cava wall and could not be snared. During attempts at removal by an alternative method, the filter migrated toward the right atrium. However, it was finally successfully removed. SAGE Publications 2013-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3742064/ /pubmed/23986855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047981613478010 Text en © 2013 The Foundation Acta Radiologica http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/), which permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Yamagami, Takuji
Yoshimatsu, Rika
Matsumoto, Tomohiro
Nishimura, Tsunehiko
Successful removal of a Gunther tulip vena cava filter with wall-embedded hook and migration during a retrieval attempt
title Successful removal of a Gunther tulip vena cava filter with wall-embedded hook and migration during a retrieval attempt
title_full Successful removal of a Gunther tulip vena cava filter with wall-embedded hook and migration during a retrieval attempt
title_fullStr Successful removal of a Gunther tulip vena cava filter with wall-embedded hook and migration during a retrieval attempt
title_full_unstemmed Successful removal of a Gunther tulip vena cava filter with wall-embedded hook and migration during a retrieval attempt
title_short Successful removal of a Gunther tulip vena cava filter with wall-embedded hook and migration during a retrieval attempt
title_sort successful removal of a gunther tulip vena cava filter with wall-embedded hook and migration during a retrieval attempt
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3742064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23986855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047981613478010
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