In Reply to: Case 997_08 -- Filter placement in a patient with a large collateral vein posted by Editor on September 16, 1997 at 10:55:22:
I would not embolize this vessel: "First, do no harm"
Placement below the accessory vein should be the treatment of choice and that is what I would do, but I am unaware of any actual PROOF that the theoretical pathway through the renal sinus (with a filter between the tow veins) is clinically real. Anyone know of any such proof?