Treatment of symptomatic pelvic varices by ovarian vein embolization
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- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
- Vol. 20 (2) , 107-111
Abstract
Pelvic congestion syndrome is a common cause of chronic pelvic pain in women and its association with venous congestion has been described in the literature. We evaluated the potential benefits of lumboovarian vein embolization in the treatment of lower abdominal pain in patients presenting with pelvic varicosities.Keywords
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