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3Feezor RJ, Huber TS, Welborn MB 3rd, Schell SR (2002) Duodenal perforation with an inferior vena cava filter: an unusual cause of abdominal pain. J Vasc Surg 35:1010-1012.

4Streiff MB (2000) Vena cava filters: a comprehensive review. Blood 95: 3669-3677.

5Leroux M, Tallarita T, Pennisi M, Veroux P (2008) Late complication from a retrievable inferior vena cava filter with associated cava, aortic, and duodenal perforation: a case report. J Vasc Surg 48:223-225.

6Sadaf A, Rasuli P, Olivier A, et al. (2007) Significant caval penetration by the select inferior vena cava filter: attributable to filter design? J Vasc Interv Radiol 18:1447-1450.

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8Ido Weinberg H. B (2018) Great Debates in Vascular Medicine: Should all inferior vena cava (IVC) filters be removed? Vascular Medicine 23: 75-77.

9Nicholson W, Nicholson WJ, Tolerico P, Taylor B, Solomon S, et al. (2010) Prevalence of Fracture and Fragment Embolization of Bard Retrievable Vena Cava Filters and Clinical Implications Including Cardiac Perforation and Tamponade. Arch Intern Med 170: 1827–1831.

10FDA (Aug 2010) - https://wayback.archive it.org/7993/20170112002302/https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/ucm221676.htm

11FDA (May 2014) - https://wayback.archiveit.org/7993/20170722215731/https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/ucm396377.htm

12Health Canada (July 2016) - https://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2016/59518a-eng.php

13https://www.tga.gov.au/sites/default/files/medical-devices-safety-update-volume-5-number-1-january-2017.pdf

14TGA (Jan 2017) - https://www.tga.gov.au/publication-issue/medical-devices-safety-update-volume-5-number-1-january-2017

15TGA (Feb 2017) - https://www.tga.gov.au/book-page/part-2-requirements-specific-high-risk-devices

16PRESERVE (Predicting the Safety and Effectiveness of Inferior Vena Filters) Study Group Foundation.

17(2007) The Lookback Policy. NSW Health, Statewide policy directive.

18(2018) NSW Government Safety Notice 003/18 Complication Associated with Inferior Vena Cava Filters.

19(2007) NSW Health Policy Directive Lookback Policy. Clinical Excellence Commission.

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