WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 2007: Re: CHRONICPAIN: ovarian vein embolization...please help!!

Re: CHRONICPAIN: ovarian vein embolization...please help!!

From: Robert Worthington-Kirsch, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:10:03 -0500 (CDT)

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Message posted on Dr. Robert Worthington-Kirsch behalf by: Hope, Fibroid and Women Health Forum Moderator

It is not surprising to see a patient having both venous insufficiency in the legs and ovarian vein insufficiency.

Embolization is the best available treatment for pelvic congestion/ovarian vein insufficiency syndrome, especially when performed by an IR with experience in managing the problem.

Regards - Dr. Kirsch

Image Guided Surgery Associates, PC / Montgomery Radiology Associates, (Interventional Radiologist) Pottstown, PA

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At Fri, 26 Oct 2007, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >Hi. I have had chronic pelvic pain for almost a year. Two
>laparoscopies resulted in removing my left ovary/tube with endometrioma
>but no other endo found. Still the same pain has persisted. It is low,
>heavy, and worse at the end of the day or with activity and has
>completely interrupted my life. Both my ultrasound and MRI showed
>pelvic varicosities. I have been referred to an interventional
>radiologist who believes I may have pelvic congestion and will do a
>venography to see if this is the case. If he finds it, he will embolize
>my ovarian and possibly my illiac veins. I also have other vascular
>issues and recently had surgery on my right leg to improve chronic vein
>insufficiency. So, this seems to make sense. Has anyone has this
>procedure? I would like to know if there are any negative side effects
>of embolization. Could it result in more pain? So far from my reading,
>it seems to help. But I want as much info as possible to make this
>decision. Thank you so much for your responses.

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