Use of the Kimray-Greenfield filter in the prevention of pulmonary embolism. Personal experience
Giorgetti, P.L.; Bortolani, E.M.; Mattioli, A.; Lovaria, A.; Saccheri, S.; Selva, S.
Minerva Chirurgica 44(15-16): 1809-1814
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4733 PMID: 2812457 Document Number: 327979
Personal experience in the use of intra-caval filters in the prevention of pulmonary embolisms is reported. The advantages and the indications for positioning of the K.G. filter are analysed on the basis of a series of 31 patients operated on with this method.
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