Jung Hyeon Lim
Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital South Korea
Title: Extravascular migration of a fractured inferior vena cava filter strut
Biography
Biography: Jung Hyeon Lim
Abstract
A 20-year-old man presented after a fall with a femur fracture and epidural hemorrhage (EDH). One month after fracture surgery, swelling developed in both legs, and he was diagnosed as having a deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. A retrievable inferior vena cava filter (IVCF) was inserted, because EDH is a contraindication to anticoagulants. Four months later, he complained of abdominal pain, and computed tomography scan showed a fractured IVCF strut. After percutaneous removal failed three times, the IVCF was surgically removed by orthopedists using a portable image intensifier without cardiopulmonary bypass.