Use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters declined substantially over a recent 8-year period, and while retrieval rates went up in that time, just one in seven indwelling filters were retrieved in a ...
The common practice of placing inferior vena cava (IVC) filters in major trauma patients with contraindications to anticoagulation soon after injury has been called into question by a randomized study ...
The latest study to tackle the safety and efficacy of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters—this time in trauma patients—has found no benefit of device insertion in reducing symptomatic pulmonary embolism ...