Fig. 3
From: Procedural complications of inferior vena cava filter retrieval, an illustrated review
Initial cavagram showed significant rightward filter tilt with penetration of legs and hook of this Bard Eclipse filter (Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., Tempe, AZ). Bronchial forceps were used to grasp the neck of the filter. This resulted in unintentional tilt of the filter and distortion of the filter. The filter was inverted and the neck was snared and pulled into the external iliac vein. The filter could not be removed endovascularly and the patient was taken urgently to the operating room for open femoral vein cut down for extraction