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ReviewJournal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders2024

The role of iliac vein stent placement in pelvic venous disorder management.

Nikitha Murali, Ramona Gupta, Kush R Desai

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Review in Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Observational
  2. Review
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  4. Article
  5. Iliac venous stenting provides long-term relief from chronic pelvic pain.Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders · 2025
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  6. Article
  7. Pelvic venous disorders: I found myself within a forest dark.Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Nikitha MuraliSection of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Ramona GuptaSection of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Kush R DesaiSection of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: kdesai007@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pelvic venous disease (PeVD) has historically been challenging to diagnose and treat. This paper describes a comprehensive approach to the diagnosis of PeVD and reviews the role of iliac vein stent placement in treatment. Patient selection is vital for non-thrombotic iliac vein lesions (NIVLs) as only a small subset of patients with an NIVL will benefit from stent placement. There is limited, inconclusive data on optimal treatment for patients with both primary ovarian vein reflux and an NIVL. Patients with chronic post-thrombotic outflow obstruction typically have a more favorable risk/benefit ratio for intervention but require anticoagulation and close follow-up due to poorer long-term stent patency. Intravascular ultrasound is a useful tool for identifying obstructive lesions, sizing stents, and planning landing zones. More research is needed to characterize underlying pathophysiology, validate thresholds for intervention, develop reliable methods for outcomes assessment, and determine treatment response. Until this data is produced, an individualized treatment approach is warranted.

Indexed as

Iliac VeinVascular DiseasesHumansPhlebographyRetrospective StudiesStentsTreatment OutcomeIliac vein stentMay-Thurner syndromeNon-thrombotic iliac vein lesionPelvic pain

Identifiers

PMID37977520
PMCPMC11523404
OpenAlexW4388713713

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