The Symptoms-Varices-Pathophysiology classification of pelvic venous disorders: A report of the American Vein & Lymphatic Society International Working Group on Pelvic Venous Disorders

Mark H Meissner; Neil M Khilnani; Nicos Labropoulos; Antonios P Gasparis; Kathleen Gibson; Milka Greiner; Lee A Learman; Diana Atashroo; Fedor Lurie; Marc A Passman; Antonio Basile; Zaza Lazarshvilli; Joann Lohr; Man-Deuk Kim; Philippe H Nicolini; Waleska M Pabon-Ramos; Melvin Rosenblatt

doi:10.1177/0268355521999559

The Symptoms-Varices-Pathophysiology classification of pelvic venous disorders: A report of the American Vein & Lymphatic Society International Working Group on Pelvic Venous Disorders

Phlebology. 2021 Jun;36(5):342-360. doi: 10.1177/0268355521999559. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

Authors

Mark H Meissner¹, Neil M Khilnani², Nicos Labropoulos³, Antonios P Gasparis³, Kathleen Gibson⁴, Milka Greiner⁵, Lee A Learman⁶, Diana Atashroo⁷, Fedor Lurie⁸, Marc A Passman⁹, Antonio Basile¹⁰, Zaza Lazarshvilli¹¹, Joann Lohr¹², Man-Deuk Kim¹³, Philippe H Nicolini¹⁴, Waleska M Pabon-Ramos¹⁵, Melvin Rosenblatt¹⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA.
² Department of Radiology (Interventional Radiology) Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA.
⁴ Lake Washington Vascular Associates, Bellevue, USA.
⁵ Interventional Radiology, Hopital Americain de Paris, Paris, France.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, USA.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford Medicine, Palo Alto, USA.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Jobst Vascular Institute, Promedica, Toledo, USA.
⁹ Department of Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Interventional Radiology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
¹¹ Chapidze Emergency Cardiovascular Center, Tbilisi, Georgia.
¹² Department of Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, USA.
¹³ Department of Radiology, Yonsei University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
¹⁴ Vascular Surgery, Clinique Du Parc, Lyon, France.
¹⁵ Department of Radiology (Interventional Radiology), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA.
¹⁶ Connecticut Image Guided Surgery, Fairfield, CT, USA.

Abstract

[Box: see text]With the support of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Vein & Lymphatic Society, the American Venous Forum, the Canadian Society of Phlebology, the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe, the European Venous Forum, the International Pelvic Pain Society, the International Union of Phlebology, the Korean Society of Interventional Radiology, the Society of Interventional Radiology, and the Society for Vascular Surgery.

Keywords: May Thurner syndrome; Pelvic pain; Renal nutcracker syndrome; Varicose veins; Venous insufficiency.

MeSH terms

Canada
Humans
Pelvis
United States
Varicose Veins*
Vascular Surgical Procedures
Veins