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3195848

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-12-27
pubmed:abstractText
Inferior vena caval (IVC) filtration employing transvenous devices represents a substantive technologic advance in the management of patients with deep venous phlebothrombosis and pulmonary embolization. The retrospective analysis reported herein of the use of the Kim-Ray Greenfield IVC filter in 22 patients revealed a 95 per cent efficacy in its prevention of pulmonary embolization. The minor acute morbidity (9%) and chronic morbidity (27%) associated with use of the device was well tolerated by this patient population. No mortality attributable to the device was observed. The data suggest that the use of this device represented the best therapeutic option among those patients who were not candidates (18/22) or who had failed alternative therapeutic modalities (1/22) for the treatment of deep venous phlebothrombosis or pulmonary embolization. The data also suggest that use of the device in a prophylactic context (3/22) among those patients deemed at "high risk" for the development of deep venous phlebothrombosis and pulmonary embolization may be beneficial.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0003-1348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
726-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
A retrospective analysis of inferior vena caval filtration for prevention of pulmonary embolization.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article