2. Deep venous system - Thrombosis
• New technologies allow to perform procedures in
deep venous system
• Treatment of deep vein thrombosis
• Treatment of postthrombotic syndrome
• Treatment of deep system insuficiency
3. Deep venous system - Thrombosis
• Change in imaging standard
• Compression US in not enough
• Complete venous roadmap
• full duplex
• MRV / CTV
4. Deep venous system – CT venography
Assesment of postthrombotic lesions in ilio-femoral veins
5. Deep venous system - Thrombosis
• A standarized DVT classification required
• Documentation of pathology
• Decision based on classification
• Enables research
• Lower Extremity Thrombosis
• LET 1 – calf veins
• LET 2 – POPV, SFV, DFV
• LET 3 – ilio-femoral
• LET 4 - caval
6. Deep venous system - Thrombosis
• A standarized DVT classification required
• Documentation of pathology
• Decision based on classification
• Enables research
• Lower Venous Extremity SCORE
• Each segment
• Post thrombotic lesions
• Residual stenosis
• 0%
• 10-50%
• 50-90%
• 100%
• Collaterals
• External compression
7. Deep venous system - Thrombosis
• Current DVT treatment
• Thrombolysis
• Systemic
• CDT
• Mechanical
• Pharmaco-mechanical
• FUTURE
• No thrombolitics
• <1 hour
• Outpatient
• Lower cost
• Lower complications
• Patients with malignacies
• Postoperative patients
8. Deep venous system - Thrombosis
• Local thrombolytic devices
• Trellis II
• Low profile devices
• Lazarus – 4F
• Angiodynamics 14F device
• Angiovac
9. Deep venous system - Obstruction
Current Stent problems
• Radial force
• Kinking
• Tappering
• Stent rigifity
• fractures
• bamboo effect
FUTURE
• New better stents
10. Deep venous system - Obstruction
• Endophlebectomy of CFV
• Improves inflow
• Patch?
• AV fistula
FUTURE
• Percutaneous?
• Endoscopic?
11. Deep venous system - Insuficciency
Reflux in
• Internal iliac vein
• gonadal veins
• vulval veins
Clinical presentation
• Pelvic congestion
• Pubic varicosieties
• Reccurent leg varicosities
• Hemorhoids?
Treatment options
• Coils
• sclerotherapy
14. Changes in phlebology
Optimal medical care will be provided in specialised venous centers
• High volume of patients
• Expertise in simple and difficult cases
• Complex diagnosis
• Ultrasound
• MR
• CT
• Complex treatment
• Endovenous superficial procedures
• Endovenous deep system procedures
• Surgical
• Esthetic
• Sclerotherapy
• Lasers
15. Complications of „minimally ivasive procedure”
performed in famous clinic but went wrong – lack of expertise
Scars
&
Bilateral severe parestesia
16. Changes in phlebology - Certification
• Patients require to be treated by well trained physician
• Many medical specialties interested in phlebology
Surgeons, angiologists, dermatologists, esthetic medicine, radiologists, cardiologists
• Standards required
• Education
• Training
• CME
• Exams
• National certification
• Polskie Towarzystwo Flebologiczne
• International certification
• European College of Phlebology
• …
17. XX century - Golden age of surgeons
XXI century – Dusk of surgeons?
1989 2008 2018