May-Thurner syndrome and varicose veins of the pelvic organs in men

Abstract

The study objectiveis to study the methods of diagnosis and treatment of iliac venous compression in men with urological and andrological pathology and varicose veins of the pelvic organs.Materials and methods. From 2015 to 2018, 110 patients with bilateral varicocele, varicose veins of the pelvic organs and May–Thurner syndrome in age from 17 to 69 years (mean 33.2 years) were examined. Ultrasound echography of the scrotum organs and vessels of the penis, including transrectal and Doppler mode, magnetic resonance phlebography, dynamic pharmacocavernosography were used for the examination.Results.The presence of bilateral varicocele in all patients was verified. Aorto-mesenteric compression in combination with iliac venous compression was detected in 36 (32.7 %) patients. X-ray surgical treatment of ileal venous compression syndrome was performed in 26 patients. After 3 months in all cases there was a decrease in the maximum diameter of the veins of the prostate gland. In 13 patients with isolated ileal compression (without combination with arterial aorto-mesenteric forceps), by 3 months after surgery, a reduction in varicocele was observed: in all cases the diameter of the left and right testicular veins lying and without tension was less than 2 mm.Conclusion.Angioplasty and stenting of the iliac veins in arterio-venous conflicts is a highly effective method of treating patients with varicose veins of the pelvic organs in combination with varicocele.