Purpose: To demonstrate rates of successful filter conversion and 6-month major device-related adverse events in subjects with converted caval filters.
Materials And Methods: An investigational device exemption multicenter, prospective, single-arm study was performed at 11 sites enrolling 149 patients. The VenaTech Convertible Vena Cava Filter (B.
A previously unreported late complication of a transanastomotic stent across a pancreaticotojejunostomy is described. The stent migrated distally into the jejunal lumen, through the biliary anastomis into the bile duct and proximally into the liver where it served as a nidus for infection with abscess formation. A percutaneous transhepatic interventional radiologic approach both drained the abscess and pushed the stent out of the liver and biliary tree and into the bowel, with complete recovery.
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