Vena cava filters: current concepts and controversies for the surgeon

Curr Probl Surg. 2010 Jul;47(7):524-618. doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2010.03.004.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Contraindications
  • Equipment Design
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / surgery
  • Phlebography
  • Plethysmography, Impedance
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
  • Pulmonary Embolism / prevention & control*
  • Secondary Prevention
  • Subclavian Vein
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / adverse effects
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Vena Cava Filters* / adverse effects
  • Vena Cava Filters* / trends
  • Vena Cava, Inferior* / abnormalities
  • Vena Cava, Inferior* / surgery
  • Vena Cava, Superior
  • Venous Thromboembolism / diagnosis
  • Venous Thromboembolism / etiology
  • Venous Thromboembolism / therapy*
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Venous Thrombosis / etiology
  • Venous Thrombosis / therapy*
  • Wounds and Injuries / complications

Substances

  • Anticoagulants