Stenting for obstructive iliac vein lesions

Abstract

Endovenous stenting has supplanted open surgery as the treatment of choice for iliocaval obstruction. This review provides a brief overview of such obstructive pathology and an in-depth assessment of femoroilio- caval stenting.

Keywords

• Iliac vein stenting
• venous stents
• obstructive iliac vein lesions
• May Thurner syndrome
• iliac vein compression syndrome.