Acute vena cava thrombosis after placement of retrievable inferior vena cava filter before laparoscopic gastric bypass

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2006 Nov-Dec;2(6):661-3. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2006.08.001. Epub 2006 Sep 18.

Authors

Michael Schweitzer¹, Kimberley E Steele, Anne Lidor, Thomas Magnuson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 16979958
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2006.08.001

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Device Removal
Fatal Outcome
Female
Gastric Bypass*
Gastroscopy*
Humans
Middle Aged
Obesity, Morbid / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / etiology*
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
Vena Cava Filters / adverse effects*
Venous Thrombosis / etiology*
Venous Thrombosis / prevention & control