Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma
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J Clin Orthop Trauma · Apr 2018
Prophylactic inferior vena cava filters in patients with fractures of the pelvis or long bones.
Which patients with fractures, if any, have a lower mortality with prophylactic inferior vena cava filters has yet to be established. The purpose of this investigation is to determine if patients with low-risk fractures might benefit from a prophylactic inferior vena cava filter. ⋯ The evidence is against the use of a prophylactic inferior cava vena filter in patients with a non-complex pelvic fracture or single fracture of the femur or fracture of the tibia and/or fibula.