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Table 4 Complex filter lie and penetration

From: Predictors of endobronchial forceps utilization for inferior vena cava filter retrieval: when snare retrieval fails

Penetration into Organs around IVC

Number of Cases (% of Total)

Struts in Small Bowel

20 (3.6%)

Struts in Aorta

6 (1.1%)

Struts in Renal Vein

5 (0.9%)

Struts in Renal Artery

2 (0.3%)

Struts in Vertebral Body

16 (2.9%)