Robotic-assisted removal of inferior vena cava filter

Abstract This case is a 57-year-old morbidly obese woman with complication of a permanent Bard inferior vena cava (IVC) filter in 2005 who complained of recurrent abdominal pain for 6 years associated with constipation, nausea, and bloating. Computed tomography venogram showed an IVC filter with malposition, strut fracture, extrusion and a fractured strut outside of the vena cava, adjacent to the distal right common iliac artery. Da Vinci Xi Surgical System was used to remove the IVC filter and its displaced fractured strut. The operation time was 189 minutes with an estimated blood loss of 200 ml. She was discharged home on post-operative day 2 with no complications. She had complete resolution of abdominal pain at her follow up appointment.