The procedure was painless and easy.
Took about one hour to install and then about 4-5 hours in recovery and then home. It was conscious sedation, meaning you are awake during the procedure but I felt nothing at all.
An IVC filter is used for preventing pulmonary embolisms in anterior/posterior back surgery patients.
Prophylactic IVC filter placement appears to substantially decrease the PE rate from 6-12% to zero.
A catheter is guided into the IVC using fluoroscopic guidance, then the filter is pushed through the catheter and deployed into the desired location, usually just below the junction of the IVC and the lowest renal vein.
I am on restrictions for 48 hours, no bending, no lifting, no straining and then can go back to normal activities.
Just posting this for any future patients who may get one for their surgery.
It was a piece of cake, it is retrievable. Mine will be in from now until about 5-6 months after my anterior/posterior spinal fusion.
Took about one hour to install and then about 4-5 hours in recovery and then home. It was conscious sedation, meaning you are awake during the procedure but I felt nothing at all.
An IVC filter is used for preventing pulmonary embolisms in anterior/posterior back surgery patients.
Prophylactic IVC filter placement appears to substantially decrease the PE rate from 6-12% to zero.
A catheter is guided into the IVC using fluoroscopic guidance, then the filter is pushed through the catheter and deployed into the desired location, usually just below the junction of the IVC and the lowest renal vein.
I am on restrictions for 48 hours, no bending, no lifting, no straining and then can go back to normal activities.
Just posting this for any future patients who may get one for their surgery.
It was a piece of cake, it is retrievable. Mine will be in from now until about 5-6 months after my anterior/posterior spinal fusion.
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