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IVC filter limb penetration of the caval wall during retroperitoneal surgery/lymph node dissection
Author(s) -
Goh Gerard S,
Slattery Michael M,
Given Mark F,
Little David,
Lee Michael J
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1754-9485
pISSN - 1754-9477
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2012.02396.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , thrombosis , dissection (medical) , pulmonary embolism , deep vein , surgery , inferior vena cava , vena cava , lymph node
Summary Optional inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are being increasingly used for protection against pulmonary embolism in patients with deep vein thrombosis where anticoagulation is contraindicated. We describe two cases during retroperitoneal surgery where the IVC filters were found to have perforated the cava wall and were subsequently removed intra‐operatively. Cava wall penetration by filter limbs poses a significant danger during retroperitoneal lymph node dissection and filters should be removed preoperatively.