Injury
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 7-18 , January 2007

Safety and efficacy of vena cava filters in trauma patients

  • Peter V. Giannoudis

      Affiliations

    • Academic Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 113 2433144; fax: +44 113 2065156.
    • ,
  • Ippokratis Pountos

      Affiliations

    • Academic Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Hans Christoph Pape

      Affiliations

    • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, United States
    • ,
  • Jai V. Patel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St James's University Hospital, United Kingdom

,Accepted 17 August 2006.

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