1. Underlying Anatomy and Typing Diagnosis of May-Thurner Syndrome and Clinical Significance
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Ou-Yang, Lin and Lu, Guang-ming
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Adult ,Male ,complications diagnostic use ,therapy ,Lumbosacral Region ,iliac vein compression syndrome ,tomography ,Iliac Vein ,Middle Aged ,May-Thurner syndrome ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,classification ,x-ray ,lumbar degeneration ,Humans ,Female ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Diagnostics ,computer ,Aged - Abstract
Study Design. Cross-sectional study. Objective. To explore the underlying anatomy of May-Thurner syndrome (MTS) using computed tomography (CT) and discuss its clinical significance for typing diagnosis. Summary of Background Data. Because the anatomical position of the corpse cannot fully illustrate the actual clinical situation in vivo, the diversity of MTS has not been fully elucidated yet. Methods. We retrospectively analyzed the data of 69 patients with MTS. By CT showing, patients were categorized to simple MTS (sMTS, 22 patients), lumbar degeneration-related MTS (dMTS, 33 patients) and other causes MTS (oMTS, 14 patients); meanwhile, a healthy control group were set. Evaluated indexes were onset age, course of disease, diameter of the iliac vein tunnel (IVTD), lumbar degeneration-related iliac vein compression (IVC), therapeutic effect, and diagnostic cutoff of risk IVTD prone to MTS. Results. The onset age of sMTS, dMTS, and oMTS were respectively 42.3 ± 6.5 years, 61.5 ± 10.6 years, and 53.1 ± 16.8 years (P
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- 2016