Background: The retrieval of inferior vena cava filters beyond the retrieval window poses challenges, requiring alternative techniques.
Objectives: To discuss the laparoscopy-assisted retrieval approach for difficult inferior vena cava filters.
Research design: Case report.
Subjects: A 57-year-old male with a retrievable inferior vena cava filter placed 8 months prior.
Measures: Laparoscopy-assisted retrieval technique utilized after unsuccessful interventional attempts.
Results: Successful retrieval of the filter despite thickened intimal tissue involvement, with no postoperative complications.
Conclusions: Laparoscopy-assisted retrieval offers a direct visual approach for challenging filter removal, proving minimally invasive, safe, and effective.
Keywords: Laparoscope; inferior vena cava filter.