Structural failure of a Greenfield filter

Plaus, W.J.; Hermann, G.

Surgery 103(6): 662-664

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0039-6060
PMID: 3287671
Document Number: 306412
A unique case is discussed in which a Greenfield filter failed structurally after less than 1 year in situ. In the absence of external trauma, two struts of the filter separated from the hub and migrated into the retroperitoneal tissues. A brief discussion of the complications of Greenfield filters concludes with a possible explanation of this particular problem.

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