Journal «Angiology and Vascular Surgery» • 

2005 • VOLUME 11 • №2

TEMPORARY PLACEMENT OF THE CAVA FILTER TO THE SUPRARENAL SEGMENT OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA

V.P. Burov, S.A. Kapranov
Chair of Faculty Surgery, Russian State Medical University,
Moscow, Russia

This paper describes successful results of temporary placement of the Russian removable cava filter "Zontik" to the suprarenal segment of the inferior vena cava for the time of performing cesarean section and for the short-term postoperative period in a patient with late pregnancy, venous thrombosis of the lower limbs and pulmonary thromboembo1ism.

KEY WORDS: venous thrombosis, thromboembolism, pregnancy, cava filter, inferior vena cava, prophylaxis.

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