SS10. Temporary IVC Filters Usually Become Permanent Except When Placed in Trauma Patients for Prophylactic Indications
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INDICATIONS FOR PLACEMENT OF IVC FILTERS IN BARIATRIC SURGERY PATIENTS Routine use of some form of prophylaxis for DVT
T here has been a change in the indications for inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement. In the earliest reports of filter use, the majority of filters were placed because of the failure of anticoagulation to prevent pulmonary embolism (PE).1 Now, more than half of filters are placed prophylactically for the prevention of PE.2 Not only are filters being placed for prophylaxis against PE in pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular Surgery
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0741-5214
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.02.141