Percutaneous retrieval of a misplaced titanium Greenfield filter

R J Van Allan; S E Hanks; D S Harrell; M D Katz

doi:10.1007/BF00193928

Percutaneous retrieval of a misplaced titanium Greenfield filter

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1994 Mar-Apr;17(2):110-2. doi: 10.1007/BF00193928.

Authors

R J Van Allan¹, S E Hanks, D S Harrell, M D Katz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

PMID: 8013023
DOI: 10.1007/BF00193928

Abstract

Vena caval filters are considered permanent indwelling devices. Occasionally, malposition of a filter prompts a desire for its removal. We report a method of percutaneous retrieval of a titanium Greenfield filter by snare.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Foreign Bodies / therapy*
Humans
Male
Radiography, Interventional
Renal Veins*
Titanium
Vena Cava Filters*
Vena Cava, Inferior

Substances

Titanium