Table 3.

Suprarenal vena caval filter studies

Study Patient no Chart/clinical F/U Radiology F/U Mean F/U duration PE IST/DVT IVCT Venous stasis
Stewart, 1982 Ref. 110  12  91%  58% 17 mo  1/11 (9%)  NA/2/11 (18%)  NA 1/11 (9%)  
Orsini, 1984 Ref. 11  11  100%  82% 12.3 mo  0  0  0  0  
Brenner, 1992 Ref. 5  100%  100%  12.5 mo  0  NA/1/6 (16.7%) 1/6 (16.7%) NA  
Greenfield, 1992 Ref. 109  71  85% 34%  53 mo  3/60 (5%)  NA  0/22 16/39 (41%) present prior to filter 
Greenfield, 1998 Ref. 108  148  49%  49%  81.6 mo 6/73 (8%)  NA  2/73 (2.7%)  55/73 (75%) 
Matchett, 1998 Ref. 111  22  100%  82%  36 mo 1/22 (4.5%)  NA  1/22 (4.5%)  NA 
Study Patient no Chart/clinical F/U Radiology F/U Mean F/U duration PE IST/DVT IVCT Venous stasis
Stewart, 1982 Ref. 110  12  91%  58% 17 mo  1/11 (9%)  NA/2/11 (18%)  NA 1/11 (9%)  
Orsini, 1984 Ref. 11  11  100%  82% 12.3 mo  0  0  0  0  
Brenner, 1992 Ref. 5  100%  100%  12.5 mo  0  NA/1/6 (16.7%) 1/6 (16.7%) NA  
Greenfield, 1992 Ref. 109  71  85% 34%  53 mo  3/60 (5%)  NA  0/22 16/39 (41%) present prior to filter 
Greenfield, 1998 Ref. 108  148  49%  49%  81.6 mo 6/73 (8%)  NA  2/73 (2.7%)  55/73 (75%) 
Matchett, 1998 Ref. 111  22  100%  82%  36 mo 1/22 (4.5%)  NA  1/22 (4.5%)  NA 

Abbreviations: F/U, follow-up; PE, recurrent pulmonary embolism; DVT, deep venous thrombosis; IST, insertion site thrombosis; IVCT, inferior vena cava thrombosis; NA, not assessed.

Note: Greenfield's 1998 publication is an update of a series of patients first reported by Stewart et al in 1982 and previously updated by Greenfield in 1992.

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