Yep, Danny--i think the older types were mostly not retrievable..as many newer ones are. Dan H.
________________________________ From: Danny Espinoza <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Joan Anglin <[email protected]>; Danny Hearn <[email protected]>; ~LittleQuad~ <[email protected]>; Quad-list post <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, June 8, 2012 9:44:17 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] DVT in calf Im starting to wonder if he is wrong.... X| he's also my Pulmonologist -Danny On 6/8/2012 7:17 PM, Danny Espinoza wrote: >The original designed ones actually cannot be replaced only the newer ones can >be. >According to the doctor I was talking to the last time I was in the hospital >he >said because I've got an older type mine wasn't replaceable and the vein has >grown in a way that it is only about 50% efficient. According to him they work >for about 3 to 5 years good. The newer type of filers are meant to be >retrievable and/or replaceable. > >I have an older style in me so I had asked him what my options were and he >said >they can put a newer one in front of my old one and that it would be good for >3 >to 5 years again but its replaceable and would need to be replaced "removed >and >a new one put in" every year about. I then asked him why not every 3 years and >he told me it really depends on how the vein grows and the safest bet would be >once a year. > >I just looked it up and this is a list of them > > > * B Braun Tempofilter IVC filter (retrievable) > * B Braun VenaTech LGM IVC filter (no longer sold) > * B Braun VenaTech LP IVC filter > * Bard G2x IVC (retrievable, unlimited indwell time)[4] > * Bard G2 (retrievable) > * Cook Gianturco-Roehm Bird's Nest IVC Filter (permanent) > * Cook Günther Tulip (retrievable) > * Cook Celect (retrievable) > * Cordis OptEase IVC filter (retrievable, 23 day indwell time)[5] > * Cordis TrapEase IVC filter > * Mobin-Uddin Umbrella IVC filter (no longer sold) > * ALN IVC filter (retrievable) > * Rex Medical Option IVC filter (retrievable) > * Rafael Medical SafeFlo Vena Cava Filter (for permanent implantation) > * Bard Eclipse[6]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior_vena_cava_filter > >I honestly have no clue which I have but thought this information may be >useful >to others. > >-Danny > > >On 6/8/2012 5:36 PM, Joan Anglin wrote: > >Mine has been in almost 22 years and no one ever said anything about replacing >it. Whoops Joan >> >>From:Danny Hearn [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 5:09 PM >>To: [email protected]; ~LittleQuad~ >>Cc: Quad-list post >>Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] DVT in calf >> >>only 3-5 years??? wow mine has been in almost 15 years. Dan H. ** >> >> ________________________________ >>From:Danny Espinoza <[email protected]> >>To: ~LittleQuad~ <[email protected]> >>Cc: Quad-list post <[email protected]> >>Sent: Fri, June 8, 2012 5:00:09 PM >>Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] DVT in calf >>On 6/8/2012 9:02 AM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote: >>Hey gang! My right calf and foot have been swollen and numb feeling (I have >>great sensation in whole body). So Tuesday I was able to see my rehab doc, he >>thought the symptoms showed a DVT. I couldnt think of why I would have one. >>So >>the Wednesday I went to get ultrasound. Yep, the front left vein has a clot. >>They wouldn't let me leave the hospital until the doctors had a plan. So I'm >>on >>5mg Coumadin a day and a shot of Enoxaparin Sodium every 12 hours. >> >>> >>>Yesterday when I was getting up I looked down at my right chin, i remembered >>>a >>>scab that I've had a while and it dawned on me...on May 7th I went to the >>>dentist and while under nitrous and my hand control turned to the side, I >>>decided to reaarange my chair. In doing so I rammed my leg into a table. >>>Thank >>>goodness I had on jeans and a blanket because it scraped my leg to chin >>>bone. It >>>never dawned on me i could have given myself a DVT. Yet when I look at the >>>now >>>scar and where my sensation starts changing it's the same area. >>> >>> >>>Now I've got to watch out more closely!! Anyone else ever have one? How long >>>was >>>treatment? >>>Amye - LQ > >I had one and am now on a low dose of a blood thinner for preventative care. >When my accident originally happened I had a greenfield filter put in so if >any >clots broke free they wouldn't make it to my lungs/heart or up, the filter is >good for 3 to 5 years and then you need it replaced > >-Danny
