Endovascular repair of a perforation of the vena caval wall caused by the retrieval of a Gunther Tulip filter after long-term implantation

Hiroyuki Morishita; Takuji Yamagami; Tomohiro Matsumoto; Yoshito Takeuchi; Osamu Sato; Tsunehiko Nishimura

doi:10.1007/s00270-010-0053-2

Endovascular repair of a perforation of the vena caval wall caused by the retrieval of a Gunther Tulip filter after long-term implantation

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2011 Feb:34 Suppl 2:S321-3. doi: 10.1007/s00270-010-0053-2. Epub 2010 Dec 8.

Authors

Hiroyuki Morishita, Takuji Yamagami, Tomohiro Matsumoto, Yoshito Takeuchi, Osamu Sato, Tsunehiko Nishimura

PMID: 21140262
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-010-0053-2

Abstract

Symptomatic penetration of the inferior vena cava (IVC) wall reportedly occurs in 0.3% of patients in whom a filter has been implanted, and it causes injury to the adjacent structures (Bogue et al. in Pediatr Radiol 39(10):1110-1113, 1; Brzezinski et al. in Burns 32(5):640-643, 2). We succeeded in the endovascular repair of perforation of the IVC wall occurring during the retrieval of a penetrated Gunther tulip vena cava filter (Cook, Bjaeverskov, Denmark) after long-term implantation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aorta, Abdominal*
Device Removal / adverse effects*
Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation
Enbucrilate / administration & dosage
Endometrial Neoplasms / surgery
Endovascular Procedures / instrumentation
Endovascular Procedures / methods*
Ethiodized Oil / administration & dosage
Female
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnosis
Foreign-Body Migration / therapy*
Humans
Kidney Pelvis / injuries*
Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
Phlebography
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
Pulmonary Embolism / prevention & control
Tissue Adhesives
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vascular System Injuries / diagnosis
Vascular System Injuries / therapy*
Vena Cava Filters*
Vena Cava, Inferior / injuries*

Substances

Tissue Adhesives
Ethiodized Oil
Enbucrilate