Safety and Outcomes of Permanent and Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filters in the Oncology Population

Table 2

Indications for IVC filter placement.

	Retrievable IVC filters ()	Permanent IVC filters ()	value
Contraindication to anticoagulation	136 (76%)	143 (69%)	0.16
Bleeding	53 (30%)	87 (42%)
Thrombocytopenia	25 (14%)	39 (19%)
Recent/upcoming procedure	58 (32%)	17 (8%)
Relative contraindication to anticoagulation	9 (5%)	22 (11%)	0.99
Brain metastasis	0 (0%)	6 (3%)
Failure of LMWH	9 (5%)	16 (8%)
No contraindication to anticoagulation	34 (19%)	42 (20%)	0.85
IVC or lower extremity thrombus	13 (7%)	14 (7%)
Pulmonary reserve	11 (6%)	10 (5%)
Other	10 (6%)	18 (9%)

Percentages of the total retrievable and permanent filter populations are indicated in parentheses. : number; LMWH: low-molecular-weight heparin.