“…Other complications will be detected early or late after successful placement. Among this type of complications, the most frequently reported ones are insufficient clot trapping resulting in recurrent pulmonary embolism, IVC obstruction, lower extremity venous insufficiency and finally, a number of late complications directly related to the filter device itself, such as: strut erosion through the IVC wall (5) (or in extreme condition through the aorta resulting in a bleeding aortic pseudoaneurysm [9]), late filter migration, strut fracture and strut penetration of the IVC wall with further migration of the fractured strut into one of the surrounding organs of the IVC (the peritoneum [10], the duodenum [6], the pancreas [11], the right ureter [12] or even the right atrium, and beyond the pulmonary arteries after cephalad migration [8]). …”