Pelvic-origin varices:
follow the escape pathways
Five cases where the visible varix is only the beginning.
Preparing your clinical challenge…
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Abbreviations used in this edition
PeVD: pelvic venous disorders · VO-CPP: venous-origin chronic pelvic pain · SVP: Symptoms–Varices–Pathophysiology classification · V3b: pelvic-origin nonsaphenous lower-extremity varices · GSV/SSV: great/small saphenous vein · CT: computed tomography · SIR: Society of Interventional Radiology · ESVS: European Society for Vascular Surgery · AVLS: American Vein and Lymphatic Society · RCT: randomized controlled trial.
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