Publications by authors named "Wilhelm F Stahlhoff"

Article Synopsis
  • A new treatment called endovascular venous stenting is being used to help people with problems in their veins, and it might be better than older methods like surgery.
  • In a study with 79 patients, most of them saw improvements in their symptoms after getting special stents put in their veins.
  • After 2 years, the stents worked well, none of the patients had major problems, and most of them had healed their ulcers.
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Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy (PMT) represents a treatment option in addition to conventional therapy for patients with iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (DVT). We sought to determine the safety, patency and short-term outcome of the AspirexS catheter as a rotational mechanical thrombectomy device in the endovascular treatment of iliofemoral DVT. 56 patients (66 % female, median age 51 years) undergoing mechanical thrombectomy with the AspirexS catheter for endovascular treatment of iliofemoral DVT were included in the analysis.

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We sought to determine the patency and clinical symptom relief following the usage of the sinus-Obliquus venous stent in the endovascular treatment of venous obstruction of the ilio-femoral track in short-term. 48 patients (62 % female, mean age 57 years) with chronic unilateral post-thrombotic obstruction (PTO) and non-thrombotic iliac vein obstructive lesions (NIVL) without involvement of inferior vena cava receiving a sinus-Obliquus venous stent was included in the analysis. Clinical improvement determined by the revised venous clinical severity score (rVCSS) as well as the clinical, etiologic, anatomic and pathophysiologic score (CEAP), safety, and stent patency rates were determined at baseline and at 1, 6 and 12 months after stent placement.

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Background: We sought to determine the patency and clinical symptom relief of the Venovo venous stent in the endovascular treatment of non-thrombotic (NIVL) or post-thrombotic venous obstruction (PTO) of the iliofemoral track over a period of 6 months.

Patients And Methods: A total of 80 patients (45 female, mean age 57 years) treated in 2016 and 2017 were included in the Arnsberg venous registry. Clinical improvement was determined by the revised venous clinical severity score (rVCSS) as well as the clinical, etiologic, anatomic and pathophysiologic (CEAP) score.

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Background: To evaluate the performance of a closed-cell designed venous stent for the treatment of chronic ilio-femoral venous outflow obstruction (VOO) in the shortterm.

Patients And Methods: Safety, stent patency and clinical outcome after placement of the Vici Venous Stent® in patients with chronic ilio-femoral venous obstruction were assessed retrospectively. Stent patency was evaluated by duplex ultrasound scanning, and clinical outcome was determined using the revised Venous Clinical Severity score (rVCSS).

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