The recent explosion of interest in morbid obesity surgery and its associated complications (deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism) has inadvertently captured the attention of many vascular specialists. This article will focus on the indications and techniques used at Jack D. Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine for inferior vena cava filter placement prior to open and laparoscopic bariatric surgical procedures.
1. MacGregor MI, Bock AJ, Ball WC: Topics in clinical medicine: Serious complications and sudden death in the Pickwickian syndrome. Hopkins Med J189:279-295, 1970.
2.
2. MacLean LDRhode BM, Sampalis J, et al: Results of the surgical treatment of obesity. Am J Surg165:155-161, 1993.
3.
3. Mason EE, Ito CC: Gastric bypass. Ann Surg170:329-339, 1969.
4.
4. Mokdad AH, Serdula MK, Deitz WH, et al: The spread of the obesity epidemic in the United States 1991-1998. JAMA282:1519-1522, 1999.
5.
5. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Panel: Gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity. Ann Intern Med115:956-961, 1991.
6.
6. Payne JH, DeWind LT. Surgical treatment of obesity. Am J Surg118:141-147, 1969.
7.
7. Popkin BM, Udry JR: Adolescent obesity increases significantly in second and third generation US immigrants: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. J Nutr128:701-708, 1998.
8.
8. Sugerman HJ, Baron PL, Fairman RP, et al: Hemodynamic dysfunction in obesity hypoventilation syndrome and the effects of treatment with surgically induced weight loss. Ann Surg207:604-613, 1998.
9.
9. Sugerman HJ, Kellum JM, Engle KM, et al: Gastric bypass for treating severe obesity. Am J Clin Nutr55(suppl):560-566, 1992.
