Kissing stents for radiation-induced bilateral common iliac vein stenosis.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg

Department of Radiology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam-si, Republic of Korea.

Published: October 2018

Radiation-induced venous stenosis is rare, with only a few cases reported in the literature. We report a case of radiation-induced venous stenosis of the bilateral iliac vein after radiation therapy for the treatment of recurrent bladder cancer. The patient was successfully treated using endovascular kissing stents.

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