Reports device fracture complications causing deep vein thrombosis in patients with filters, suggesting ongoing vigilance is necessary.
Long‐term indwelling inferior vena cava filters can cause device fracture and chronic caval occlusion, leading to deep vein thrombosis. Clinicians should consider filter‐related complications in patients with a history of inferior vena cava filter placement who present with lower extremity edema or thrombosis even many years after placement.
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