Endovascular treatment of pelvic congestion syndrome: Visual analog scale (VAS) Long-term follow-up clinical evaluation in 202 patients

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1006-1014

  Laborda, Alicia ^a,b   Medrano, Joaquin ^a,c   De Blas, Ignacio ^a   Urtiaga, Ignacio ^c   Carnevale, Francisco Cesar ^d   De Gregorio, Miguel A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Embolization; Embolotherapy; Pelvic congestion syndrome; Vein

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COIL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROIN HEMATOMA; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC VEIN; ILIAC VEIN DISEASE; INGUINAL HEMATOMA; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG VARICOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIAN VEIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC CONGESTION SYNDROME; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; VEIN; VEIN DISEASE; VENOUS REFLUX; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84879900206     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-013-0586-2     Document Type: Article

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