The venous thrombectomy: obsolete or forgotten?
Lacroix, H.; Van Belle, K.; Nevelsteen, A.; Suy, R.
Acta Chirurgica Belgica 98(1): 14-17
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5458 PMID: 9538915 Document Number: 495371
This report describes the surgical management of three patients with an extended ilio-femoral deep venous thrombosis. In the first patient a residual occlusion of the common iliac vein was treated conservatively and this patient developed severe chronic venous insufficiency. In the second patient a residual (sub)occlusion of the common iliac vein was treated with a stent and this patient remained asymptomatic with two years follow-up. In the third patient no residual or underlying anatomical abnormality was found with a good result at one year. Venous thrombectomy still has a place in the treatment of deep venous thrombosis and the long term results may be improved by application of endovascular techniques.