Female Pelvic Veins Demonstrated by Selective Renal Phlebography with Particular Reference to Pelvic Varicosities

Ovarian Varices in Healthy Female Kidney Donors: Incidence, Morbidity, and Clinical Outcome

“…Furthermore, the aortography was done with the patients in the supine position, whereas in other studies of selective ovarian venography [6,17], the imaging was done with the patient in the semierect position and during both normal breathing and Valsalva's maneuver. Valsalva's maneuver can increase the rate of detection of ovarian varices by as much as 60% [18]. We found a prevalence of only 9.9%.…”

Phlebographic Appearances of the Left Renal and Left Testicular Veins

“…It has also been used in the examination of varicocele in men (AHLBERG et colI. 1966) and pelvic varicosities in women (CHIDEKEL 1968) using the retrograde flow through the left gonadal vein.…”

Avaliação clínica e técnica do tratamento endovascular percutâneo na síndrome da congestão pélvica através da técnica de embolização

“…Duas veias emergem desse plexo e correm paralelas à artéria ovariana, Dentre as causas de origem ginecológica, destacam-se as aderências, endometriose, salpíngo-ooforite e as neoplasias ovarianas 15 .…”

“…A endometriose é detectada em aproximadamente 15-40% das pacientes submetidas à laparoscopia para avaliação de dor pélvica crônica 15 .…”

“…A supressão hormonal é a forma inicial de tratamento, sendo o acetato de medroxiprogesterona a droga mais utilizada. As substâncias hemorreológicas também podem ser empregadas como coadjuvantes ao tratamento hormonal 15 .…”