From: Procedural complications of inferior vena cava filter retrieval, an illustrated review
Removal technique | Major complication rates | Complication Description |
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Standard loop snare | 0% (Asch 2002; Tashbayev et al. 2016; Zakhary et al. 2008) (Ahmed et al. 2020) 0.4% (Brahmandam et al. 2019) 5% (Al-Hakim et al. 2014) | Access complications (pneumothorax, jugular vein thrombosis) (Terhaar et al. 2004) |
Bronchial forceps | 0.8% (Stavropoulos et al. 2015) 6.7% (Tavri et al. 2019) 8.3% (Lian et al. 2019) 11.8% (Al-Hakim et al. 2014) | Leg fracture with embolization (Lee et al. 2018; Poliwoda et al. 2019). Contrast extravasation/RP hemorrhage (Lian et al. 2019). Renal artery to IVC fistula (DeSai et al. 2019; Ferral 2019) |
Laser-assisted removal | 0% (von Stempel et al. 2019) 1.6% (Kuo et al. 2017) 3% (Kuo et al. 2013) | Caval thrombosis, caval injury with hemorrhage needing stent graft placement |
Sling technique | 0% (Rubenstein et al. 2007) 1.9% (Al-Hakim et al. 2014) 20% (Brahmandam et al. 2019) | IVC dissection, contrast extravasation, strut fracture |