Phlegmasia cerulea dolens (PCD) is a medical emergency that can lead to venous gangrene of the lower extremity. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment is crucial for limb salvage. There are two treatment options (endovascular or surgical). In the endovascular era, catheter-directed thrombolysis is the treatment of choice to achieve venous outflow. However, surgical thrombectomy is indicated in ce...

Portomesenteric venous thrombosis is a rare complication after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Sufficient management is important for prevention of bowel infarction. We present a severe case of portomesenteric venous thrombosis. Partial thrombosis of the central portal vein, complete thrombosis of the left portal vein and the superior mesenteric vein, as well as venous stasis of the small bowel a...

OBJECTIVE Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a major risk factor for pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). We carefully selected patients for surgical thrombectomy to treat acute-phase thrombosis and obtained favorable results. METHODS Over the past 5 years, we have performed surgical thrombectomy via a minimum femoral skin incision in 11 patients. Surgery was considered for patients with persistent ph...

BACKGROUND Extensive deep venous thrombosis (DVT) during pregnancy is usually treated with anticoagulation alone, risking significant post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) in young patients. Catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) and operative venous thrombectomy have been safely and effectively used in nonpregnant patients, demonstrating significant reduction in post-thrombotic morbidity. This report r...

PURPOSE We aimed to describe ultrasonography (US)-guided percutaneous aspiration thrombectomy in pregnant women with iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis. METHODS This study included nine pregnant women with acute and subacute iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis, who were severe symptomatic cases with massive swelling and pain of the leg. Patients were excluded from the study if they had only femoro...

BACKGROUND Septic deep venous thrombosis (SDVT) is an uncommon but occasionally lethal disease caused by systemic complications. In most cases reported in the literature SDVT is caused by intravenous drug abuse or transvenous catheter lines. Conservative management with antibiotic drugs and systemic anticoagulation is usually successful, and the surgical approach is regarded as not indicated or...

The current management of neoplastic obstruction, SVC, and brachiocephalic vein thrombosis, especially of SVC, is based on the combined use of interventional (endovascular thrombolysis or thrombectomy, stent placement) and noninterventional (radiation, chemotherapy) means of treatment. We present the case of a forty-year-old woman with SVC and left brachiocephalic vein thrombosis secondary to l...

Venous thrombosis or stenosis frequently occurs after implanting transvenous pacemaker leads, and it is usually asymptomatic. The reported incidence 30%–64%. mandatory treatments are balloon angioplasty, stenting, thrombolytic, mechanical thrombectomy, venous grafting. We present a case with the special cooperation of an electrophysiologist coronary interventionist in Ha Noi Heart Hospital, Vie...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cerebral venous thrombosis is generally treated with anticoagulation. However, some patients do not respond to medical therapy and these might benefit from mechanical thrombectomy. The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the efficacy and safety of mechanical thrombectomy in patients with cerebral venous thrombosis, by performing a systematic review of ...