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01-12-2008 | Case Report

Inferior Vena Cava Syndrome and Morbid Obesity

Authors: Nelson Guardiola Meinhardt, Kátia Elisabete Pires Souto, Alexis Vasiluk Knebel, Airton Tetelbom Stein

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 12/2008

Abstract

A case is reported of inferior vena cava syndrome in a patient with extreme obesity (BMI: >70 kg/m²), treated at a public hospital. The inferior vena cava obstruction was diagnosed during an attempt at inferior vena cava filter percutaneous insertion, in prebariatric surgery period. The diagnosis occurred after a hepatic scintillography, and was confirmed with a femoral venography and celiac trunk arteriography. The patient underwent a biliopancreatic diversion-duodenal switch and has lost weight. A venography 7 months after the surgery did not show any inferior vena cava rechanneling evidence.

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Title: Inferior Vena Cava Syndrome and Morbid Obesity
Authors: Nelson Guardiola Meinhardt
Kátia Elisabete Pires Souto
Alexis Vasiluk Knebel
Airton Tetelbom Stein
Publication date: 01-12-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Obesity Surgery / Issue 12/2008
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-008-9581-0

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