May-Thurner syndrome, also known as iliac vein compression syndrome or Cockett's syndrome, affects two blood vessels that go to your legs. It could make you more likely to have a DVT (deep vein ...

Key points A 57-year-old man presented to the emergency department with back and right upper quadrant abdominal pain that progressed to painful right leg swelling over a few days. His vital signs at ...

According to a retrospective study, iliac vein compression appears to be a promoter of, but not a cause of, iliac deep vein thrombosis. “The clinical significance of this study is that ...

The effect of bladder distention upon iliac veins was studied in 6 adult male patients ().Five of them had no complicating urinary retention and no involvement of the iliac vessels. Of these 5, 3 ...

A total of 15 women with 16 iliac vein stents (one patient had two stents placed at the initial procedure) and who had 17 subsequent pregnancies (two women were pregnant twice) were identified ...

(HealthDay)—Iliac vein stenting seems safe in an office-based laboratory (OBL) setting, with few major complications and minor complications primarily including insertion site hematomas ...

A lower extremity ultrasound revealed occlusive thrombus extending from the left calf veins to the left common iliac vein. Chest computed tomography demonstrated bilateral segmental pulmonary emboli.

Duplex ultrasonography performed with the standard technique is unreliable for assessment of the iliac and caval veins. Reflux in perforator veins that are smaller than 4 mm in diameter is not ...

Although the formation of collaterals is classically regarded as a compensatory mechanism to bypass and thus alleviate an obstruction, the mechanism and inducement of collateral formation are unknown.

Patients who underwent endovascular therapy for treatment of iliac vein compression syndrome had high rates of primary and secondary midterm patency, with no severe complications related to the ...

These blood vessels are the right iliac artery and the left iliac vein. The right iliac artery carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart toward the right leg. The left iliac vein carries oxygen ...