A better inferior vena cava filter retrieval rate: A retrospective study in a single-center institution.
Pengkai CaoYunsong LiXiangdong LiuLiang LiHaitao LiXianchao ZhangQingchun HaoYanrong ZhangPublished in: Phlebology (2020)
With good follow-up, the retrieval rate could be improved to 90.32%. The main reasons why R-IVCFs were kept permanent were to avoid losing follow-up and overcome inappropriate selections of indications or IVCF types. And R-IVCFs with thrombus could be removed safely.