renal vein thrombosis (rvt) is the most frequent vascular abnormality in newborns, but rarely seen in adults. rvt is an acute problem, and diagnostic and therapeutic approaches should be done immediately. surgical thrombectomy is not a rational approach and the treatment of choice is conservative management and thrombolytic therapy. we present a 45 years old male patient with chronic renal vein...

conclusion the open-cell stent is effective and its performance is higher than that obtained with the closed-cell stent for treating central vein stenosis or occlusion in hemodialysis patients. results for the open-cell stent group, 159 patients were diagnosed as central vein stenosis and 98 were occlusion. for the closed-cell stent group, 78 were stenosis and 66 were occlusion. there were two ...

objective(s): several researchers have reported the relationship between infertility in male and varicocele for so many years but the implication of varicocele in female patients is remains elusive. here, we aim to examine the effects of unilateral varicose ovarian vein on antioxidant capacity and oocyte quality of rat ovary after the experimental creation of varicocele in female rats. material...

the prevalence of varicose veins was studied in 1742 male weavers in iran by completing a specially designed questionnaire and medical examination. to show the effect of occupation on the prevalence of the disease, similar study was conducted on a group of 1661 food- processing workers. the over- all prevalence of the disease in the weavers (26.12%) was significantly higher than the similar rat...

background central venous catheterization is done frequently in cardiac surgery and intensive care settings. faulty positioning of the catheter can cause many complications. objectives the aim of our study was to study the average depth of insertion and formulate a general guideline through the right internal jugular vein (ijv). patients and methods the right ijv was cannulated over a period of...

in this investigation, 25 adult new zealand white rabbits randomly selected from both sexes and studied.coloured latex injection and corrosion cast methods were applied on the materials. this study was carried out to disclose the distribution of the cardiac veins of the new zealand white rabbits. the veins that drain the heart were found to be the great cardiac vein, the middle cardiac vein, th...

introduction: to compare endovenous laser ablation (evla) and radiofrequency ablation (rfa) in different legs in the same individual in patients with venous insufficiency. methods: sixty patients with bilateral saphenous vein insufficiency were included. evla or rfa was applied to one of the patient’s legs and rfa or evla to the other leg. results: evla and rfa complications were hyperemia at 2...

the umbilical vein (uv) has a non pulsating and even pattern in normal fetuses. pulsation of uv has been described in severely growth restricted fetuses with chronic hypoxia. we wanted to see whether uv pulsations could also be seen in fetuses with heart deceleration during labor, as an adjunctive measure to assess the intra partum hypoxia. in a prospective study doppler examination was perform...