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  • Title: Inferior vena cava filter strut perforation discovered during right robotic-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
    Author: Kappa SF, Morgan TM, Keegan KA, Cookson MS.
    Journal: Urology; 2012 Apr; 79(4):e49-50. PubMed ID: 22014963.
    Abstract:
    Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are a relatively safe and effective treatment designed to prevent pulmonary emboli. Late complications of IVC filters include filter migration, tilting, strut fracture, strut perforation, and IVC thrombosis. We present a case of a 67-year-old male undergoing a right robotic-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy whose IVC filter strut had perforated the vena caval wall.
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