[Endovascular Therapy of Chronic Venous Outflow Obstruction]

Current national and international guidelines recommend endovascular therapy of iliofemoral thromboses in young patients, as a treatment option to avoid the post-thrombotic syndrome. Possible techniques include endovascular local lysis therapy, as well as pharmacomechanical or purely mechanical procedures. Endovascular therapy of chronic obstruction of the inferior V. cava or pelvic veins is an effective therapy for patients suffering from post-thrombotic syndrome. If there is involvement of the V. femoralis communis, hybrid operations may be considered in which an AV fistula is formed or endophlebectomy is carried out.