title: Treatment of iatrogenic IVC occlusion with implantation of a stent of a new shape dedicated to aortic aneurysms.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Successful treatment of chronic occlusion of inferior vena cava (IVC) and iliocaval confluence with angioplasty and stent implantation is very rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of a 59-year-old patient with iatrogenic occlusion of IVC following L3/L4 discectomy. The wall of the ventral IVC was ruptured during the operation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The torn wall was treated by patch angioplasty, resulting in a permanent IVC occlusion, as confirmed by angiography. Iatrogenic permanent occlusion of IVC was successfully treated with recanalization and implantation of a non-covered aortic stent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany ; District Hospital of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Piekary Śląskie, Poland.
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sieroń
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wiggermann
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Knap
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Platzek
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wawrzynek
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stroszczynski
keywords: inferior vena cava; occlusion; stent implantation