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iliocaval venous…

Leave Nothing Behind -IVC filter edition

17 Jul 202021 Jul 2020
Why There is a Literature on Filter Removal A long time ago, there was the IVC clip which survives today as a vestigial CPT code. Then in the 1980’s, the…
Commentary…

The Pain Operations

3 Mar 2019
A body floating in space, a fetus in the womb, a dad lounging in his favorite chair, share the feature of weightlessness and represent the absolute neutral position (figure above)…
iliocaval venous…

Nutcracker Syndrome: The Renal Vein Transposition

14 Jul 201714 Jul 2017
Case Report Patient is a 43 year old woman who had been having bouts of severe left sided abdominal pain for several years with worsening episodes of nausea and vomiting…
Gonadal Vein…

Nutcracker Syndrome Pathophysiology and Pelvic Congestion Syndrome 

22 May 20178 Jun 2017
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iliocaval venous…

Chronic IVC occlusion causing venous claudication and ulcers requires treatment

8 Apr 201710 Apr 2017
The patient is a gentleman from out of state who had called about problems he was having with walking and with leg ulcers that wouldn't heal. He is in his seventies…
iliocaval venous…

POTS+May-Thurner’s Syndrome: Rare Disease Causes Rare Disease?

18 Jan 201718 Jan 2017
The patient is a younger man in his twenties who began having dizzy spells associated with near syncope and tunnel vision. He was previously an athlete and was fit and…
iliocaval venous…

The Cost of Success in Iliocaval Venous Thrombosis: Efficacy is Only One Aspect of Device and Procedural Innovation

24 Sep 201624 Sep 2016
 The patient is a young woman who three weeks prior to presentation developed sudden low back pain and left leg pain while exercising on an elliptical. This pain worsened through…
iliocaval venous…

Drainage: the sewer guy knows more about veins than you would think

14 Apr 201614 Apr 2016
Being a homeowner, you are sometimes stuck negotiating a repair with various workmen whose knowledge of building esoterica is only exceeded by their subliminal contempt of a man who can't…
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