IVC Filter Removal Complications Can Be Reduced By Doctors Actively Monitoring Patients, Study Indicates
When implanting physicians monitored patients, they were less likely to experience IVC filter removal complications
When implanting physicians monitored patients, they were less likely to experience IVC filter removal complications
While researchers acknowledge a high rate of perforations from IVC filters, risks of clinically significant problems were found to be rare.
Reports of adverse events linked to IVC filter have increased annually by more than 25%, according to new researcher, which suggests that the risk of IVC filter problems may be increasing as devices remain in patients