title: [Endovascular therapy in pelvic vein spur].
abstract: Treatment of pelvic vein spur is indicated in patients suffering from severe leg swelling and pain as well as after thrombectomy or lysis of spur-related deep vein thrombosis (DVT). In symptomatic patients without accompanying DVT, secondary patency amounted to 100% after 2 years when the spur was dilated and a self-expanding stent was implanted. In cases with successfully reopened pelvic veins after spur-induced DVT and stent application, the corresponding figure was 82%. Endovascular therapy of pelvic vein spur represents a safe and effective treatment modality. Because of its less invasive nature compared to open surgery, stent implantation has to be considered the method of first choice.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gefäss- und Thoraxchirurgie, Zentralklinikum 86156 Augsburg.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Wölfle
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Wohlgemuth
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Loeprecht
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015607:Stents; D017131:Thrombectomy; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*